Are canoeists harming Norfolk's rivers? | Eastern Daily Press
Norfolk-based conservationist and angling writer John Bailey said: "We have had a huge increase since Covid. We have seen a huge increase in people trying to enjoy the UK countryside because 20m people used to go abroad every year and now they can't. "The whole crux of the matter if we look at East Anglian rivers is that the upper reaches are too small in terms of width and depth for canoes to go down them. There just isn't the water to go down them without causing immense ecological damage. "The damage it does to fish spawn, to weed growth, to insect life is over the top damage.
Source: edp24.co.uk