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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deborah4" data-source="post: 1723213" data-attributes="member: 29880">Then I misunderstood this comment!   What does ''closed areas for otters'' for otters mean?  Presumably not 'closed' to fisherman since the idea would be to feed them ... BUT why would they need to be 'fed' if they had the free run of rivers, canals, streams etc?  ''How about several closed areas of countryside for the otter where they can be left alone, instead of eating freshwater fish they could be given sea fish that is normally discarded by the commercial fishermen''Reg Philips AT <a href="http://anglingtrust.forumotion.net/what-should-be-the-priority-campaigns-of-the-angling-trust-f3/otter-predation-t66.htm" target="_blank">http://anglingtrust.forumotion.net/what-should-be-the-priority-campaigns-of-the-angling-trust-f3/otter-predation-t66.htm</a>My interpretation of that comment was that the idea is otters could be somehow herded into/kept in areas that they could not get out of and then fed seafish!  Not only would this be a rather bizarre approach to wildlife in terms of priority use of the countryside but also I'd imagine totally impractical.</blockquote>