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Message: <blockquote data-quote="captaincarot" data-source="post: 1700513" data-attributes="member: 80825">as has been pointed out repeatedly  anglers stopped using lead shot in the 1980's. it is not sold in britain anymore and hasn't been for 20 years,it was banned volutarily by anglers in order to protect birdlife.as for the attack, for it to have come about through birders isn't unthinkable despite what most people on here seem to think. cormrant predation of freshwater fish can have a very bad impact on the ammount of fish in any water and many of our fresh water fish species are also under threat, particulary the eel which has seen a decline in numbers of around 80% since the 1980's. so anglers also have a valid point when they call for some thing to be done about them.unfortunately the solution to the problem isn't going to happen as we aren't likely to enforce a blanket ban on commercial fishing in british waters within 10 miles of our coast. but at least we're getting the new marine reserves which will help a little.</blockquote>