[goosey]

Poor water quality, the silting-up of spawning grounds and competition from other species is being blamed for the demise of a rare species of fish in Bassenthwaite (a lake in the Lake District in England). Scientists are worried that one of the UK's rarest fish, the "Vendace" may no longer be inhabiting the lake! Populations of the species vendace have recently been found in Derwentwater, but night filming has failed to find evidence of the fish in Bassenthwaite. The Bassenthwaite Lake Restoration Programme team are currently trying to improve water quality in the lake. If the vendace have gone from Bassenthwaite, they can be reintroduced at a later date, using fish from Loch Skene.
It is good that this can be done, but I am surprised it was allowed to happen in the first place seeing as Bassenthwaite is a designated site of special scientific interest and national nature reserve! But there again, if it hadn't been - this loss may have totally gone un-noticed!