Re: releasing fish

[mbinkley at earthling_net (Mark Binkley)]

>     You know this is all well and good and I am in full agreement with
>it.  There is this small problem I have though.....what about bait
>fish...bait fish are some of the most diseased fish I see and they are
>rarely from the watershed they are used in.  Is anyone trying to do
>something about that???  At least most hobbyists are informed enough to
>know what species they have in their tanks.  The average fisherman, not
>only doesn't know what he has, its origins etc, but at the end of the
>day I can see him releasing the rest of his minnows into what ever body
>of water he is fishing in.


Maybe getting the word out to anglers needs to be part of NFC's and NANFA's
missions.


Mark Binkley
Columbus Ohio USA          <))><
mbinkley at earthling_net

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him
to use "the Net" and he won't bother you for weeks.

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