What are the potential worst case or other scenarios with the above title?

I have been slowly genning up and learning as much as I can and I'm still learning about legislation that surrounds these creatures..and how they can affect a waterway and properties ..and your future angling access

What have you learnt ?.....ps...,I know they don't eat fish ...(just saying on that score)

An interesting aspect to it is, in mid February, an otter is suspected of killing 2 Beaver kits that had been relocated to Loch Lomond to boost biodiversity . An Otter had been filmed next to one of the kits and it had been partly eaten.

So basically, if they want to release Beavers into the countryside, otters could be a problem where there is young kittens.

It then becomes an issue, does the countryside need Otters or Beavers, which benefits the countryside the most.

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Barriers to fish movement, but there's plenty of them already.
Changing of river corridors potentially
Lower flows downstream of the dams? We've been installing leaky dams for years on ditches and brooks to slow flow down and hold water back. Low flows haven't been an issue.

As to the otter vs beaver thing, locally we have RAMSAR/SPA/SSSI designations for overwintering birds. Otters are hammering them and disturbing them. Guess which animal wins the debate.

I always wave friendly and say good morning or good evening when the local beaver passes by on the canal. Sometimes he/she slaps its tail. I'm not aware of any downsides angling wise besides trees falling in the water due to the busy beaver and thus creating obstacles, right in front of that spot that always produces.

Thanks for the replies Zack and Greekski...

And for inzensity ,In Holland are they subject to protection and legislation?

My gut said yes, and it was right:

https://www.waterschaprivierenland.nl/beverprotocol-balans-tussen-beschermde-diersoort-dijk-en-sloot

You could have it translated by your browser, and yes there is a protocol (https://www.waterschaprivierenland.nl/beverprotocol) and if the dikes are too much affected they can be shot. Mind you, this concerns the delta area (rijn, maas, waal), so that does make sense. I live in a "polder" and (had to look this up), with about 300 beavers there is no problem. So all in all, native, protected, monitored and if the need arises killed.

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We found it kept the otter away, but problem was the speed it'd knock the trees down

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Beaver release and impact upon angling..?
What are the potential worst case or other scenarios with the above title?

My misses releases her Beaver and I'm definitely off out the door fishing, messy old job that these days.

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Lol...



I was also amazed at how fast they cut the trees ,there was one in the nearby river two years ago,and the thing was ,no sign of the otter at that point either..

The Beaver has gone I think,but the otter has started sprainting again..

I just caught the end of a piece on Sky news the other day about Beavers and rewilding in the UK
Apparently the are going to be released in Greenford in London ....i have never knowingly been to Greenford but is it that bad they have to rewild it with Beavers