Swimming openly near the top part of the loch we have char and pike amongst others. In terms of actual food supply, the types of aquatic livestock are well known. In that light, we will use whatever numbers look reasonable given the murkiness of the subject matter. However, this blog does not accept the creature has vacated the premises or that there is too little food.

If, for the sake of argument, we say that the Loch Ness Monster is no longer in the loch due to low food levels, that does not preclude asking whether it was once possible for the loch to sustain a certain number of such creatures. For instance, what set of food stock figures does one use? Do we use the available data from 1933 when Nessie first hit the world news or as recent as possible or some combination? I say this because due to pollution and over-fishing, fish stocks are lower now than they were in 1933. In fact, as we come to this subject, all manner of questions crop up. Similarly, little or no data is currently available with respect to the many small burns that flow into the Inverness and Beauly Firths.' 'It is recognised by the Ness & Beauly Fisheries Trust that the lack of data on lacustrine fish populations and in other locations such as the Caledonian Canal currently represents a major gap in knowledge.

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