Why Is Loach Fishing Prohibited?

Loaches are small freshwater fishes in the family Loach family and are also known as fish loaches, loaches, mud dogs, etc. In the natural environment, loaches are the prey of many carnivorous fish. For example, predatory fish such as black fish, squid, bass, mandarin fish, and squid will prey on loaches. Let’s take a look at why loach fishing is prohibited!

1. Influence the ecology

Loach fishing will affect the ecological balance because loach has a strong adaptability to environmental factors such as water quality, water temperature, dissolved oxygen. Using loach fishing, especially using live loach to make nests, will cause a large number of loaches to rise rapidly. This will inevitably destroy the ecological balance of the water body and squeeze the living space of other aquatic animals. In severe cases, the entire water body will become lifeless "stagnant water".

2. Plundering resources

Loach fishing is predatory fishing, because loaches are often hunting targets for predatory fish such as black fish, tilted mouths, and bass. These predatory fish have almost no resistance to loaches. Using loach fishing will lead to a sharp decrease in predatory fish. Without predatory fish, other fish will reproduce in large quantities, and eventually the entire water ecological environment will be on the verge of destruction.

3. Destroy the water body

Loach fishing will destroy the original water body because loaches reproduce very quickly and are naturally gluttonous. They often have an advantageous position when competing with other fish for food, space and other resources, which is very unfavorable for other species. In addition, too much loach in the water body will also cause the water quality to become very turbid. In fact, only by maintaining the diversity of species can the health of the water body be maintained.

4. Polluted water quality

Loach fishing will pollute the water quality environment. There are two main reasons. One is that some people will soak loaches with chemical potions. These potions will directly pollute the water quality when entering the water body. The other is that most of the loaches used for fishing are farmed loaches. It is difficult for breeding loaches to survive in natural water bodies. Most of them will die at the bottom of the water. Rotten loaches will cause the water quality to deteriorate rapidly.