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"Jay DeLong" <jdelong at nwifc_wa.gov>: NANFA-- Dambusia, etc.
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From: "Jay DeLong" <jdelong at nwifc_wa.gov>
To: nanfa at aquaria_net
Subject: NANFA-- Dambusia, etc.
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 22:26:22 +0000
Message-ID: <199711070628.WAA15241 at chinook_nwifc.wa.gov>
There have been some unique discussions lately, for sure. Regarding
the Damnbusia topic, I don't recall anyone saying they had a personal
hatred towards the fish or that it was "intrinsically evil". I think
BG Granier, who first advocated stomping the fish when found in
non-native waters, likes the fish as well as his beloved killies
providing the fish remains in its native environment. I'll admit BG
was a little animated when he described the fish, though :-)
We're not talking about dealing with an occasional wayward fish;
we're talking about millions of them which have disrupted aquatic
ecosystems. I'm with BG in recommending the removal and swift death
of this fish from non-native waters. I don't think expressing this
attitude has a negative effect on NANFA's reputation. I think it
shows that we are conservation-minded. Of course it's a waste of
time; a person could catch and kill these fish for the rest of their
life and not solve the problem. Like a thousand other non-natives,
the fish is here to stay. It's world-wide dispersal isn't part of
any Plan. We screwed up. We can undo it to an extent in places like
Ash Meadows. I tip my cap to folks like Peter Unmack who are doing
what they can to protect the native species suffering from Gambusia
introduction.
Dwight Moody referred to a posting from BG about disclaimers on email
messages, but I didn't get BG's message, so I'm not sure what it was
about. If it's what it sounds like, though, I think it's very wrong
to have disclaimers on anything we say here. This email group is an
arena for discussion, not a public forum. I don't want to have to
predict what's going on in the minds of each potential reader every
time I compose a message, decide who might find it offensive, and add
a disclaimer of any sort. Of course, this is different for public
releases.
Jay DeLong
Olympia, WA
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