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Re: Now Never returned to the wild !!!!
>
>> While I appluade folks getting excited about things I think for now
>we
>> should limit the scope of things to aquarium species.
>
>Then you'd be a bunch of fools. :-)
Why do you call us fools? Is it because we are takeing a simople logical
manner in things and not rushing in cheesing everyone off by calling them
names like fools :) where there is little disagreement it is easy to move
quickly..........In Aquarium species there is little disaggreement so we
have moved forward quickly.
>> but befor we
>> go shooting at each other about this issue we should take a step
>back
>> and concentrate on the obvious problem of introduced aquarium
>> species.......
>
>It's the same basic problem. As I see it there are four levels in
>issue
>here.
>
>1/ Introduction of exotic fish (those from another continent).
>2/ Translocation/Introduction of "native" fish (those from North
>America).
>3/ Translocation of fish within their native range (ie individual
>drainage
>basins).
>4/ Rerelease of fish taken from the wild back to their place of
>capture.
>
>I don't think anyone is arguing about the first three. The forth one
>is
>certainly more anal, however, I think if you ask a bunch of fisheries
>professionals they would suggest #4 is also important to advocate
>against.
>
>> We risk becoming so myopic on this issue that no party would be
>allowed
>> to move anyfish anywhere and in effect you would end aquarium
>rearing,
>> reintroductions, stocking and we would lose most of the interests of
>> naturalist, fishermen and aquarists.....
>
>Now you are getting a little extreme here. :-) Ideally fish
>rereleased back
>into the wild should have a vet examination to ensure we are not
>releasing
>more than we think. Most hatcheries do undertake this these days from
>what I
>understand.
>
>Tootles
>Peter Unmack
>
>
I do work on a weekly basis with hatcheries and there are no vets
inolved in the proccess. Copper sulfate perhaps :) I think your harsh
tone on this list is in effect throwing out the baby with bathwater. Our
program for exotic removal is a good program not a complete one nor a
perfect one but it is a good one. We will continue to develop it to
further address the issues. The 6 PHD's I ran it by thought it was a
good idea and the 3 fisheries folks did too As did the 2 state senators.
So lighten up it's a good program that is just getting started :) and we
are far from fools. We are a bunch of folks who give a damn and would be
happy to work together with like minded people.
RR
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