Re: NANFA-L-- Releasing (or not releasing) Fish: Some

Bill Flowers (billflower-in-gmail.com)
Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:38:08 -0500

I was in a Petsmart over the week-end and actually found some fish in good
shape and reasonably priced. What caught my eye was the bag the fish were
in. The bags were marked:
Habitattidude
Protect our enviroment
do not release fish and aquatic plants
PIJAC FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NOAA'S SEA GRANT

This one way the message is getting out.

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Bill Flowers
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy ****,
what a ride!"

On 8/27/06, Jase Roberts <nanfa_list-in-jaseroberts.net> wrote:
>
> Somehow I *knew* I'd get that response from someone. ;-) I'll take a
> stab at a "why you shouldn't release fish" compilation document (specific to
> natives) it, but I hope a couple folks with more credentials than I can
> review.
>
> Now how's about some real-world info on "sterilizing" collecting
> equipment?
>
> And is legislation the way to convince fish stores to take back unwanted
> fish? Or is it through some cooperative measure, such as that
> http://www.habitattitude.net site -- which purports to be a collaboration
> between the pet industry and federal agencies (but is it alive and
> active?). Or is it just through individuals walking through the doors of
> aquarium stores and asking for a few mins to speak to a manager?
>
> Cheers,
> Jase
>
> Peter Unmack wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Jase Roberts wrote:
> >
> >> That said, I think it would be VERY valuable to have a detailed
> >> discussion of all these risks and factors available somewhere on the
> >> site.
> >
> > All we need is for someone to do it. Sounds like you have already made
> > pretty good progress. If you'd like to extend this a little bit and put
> > together a summary then we'd be more than happy to add it into the
> > website. Ideas are great, but actions are better and and contributions
> > would be greatly appreciated. If anyone wants to write up stuff for the
> > website we'd be happy to consider your inputs.
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