Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Review of Suckers in North America
dlmcneely at lunet.edu
Date: Tue Oct 12 2004 - 07:55:39 CDT
Without going into the details, just suffice it to say here that available data suggest that the "reintroduced" animals get gobbled up at a much greater rate than do wild ones. The salmon hatchery industry is the most telling case.
Dave
David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely at lunet.edu
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----- Original Message -----
From: Irate Mormon <archimedes at bayspringstel.net>
Date: Monday, October 11, 2004 8:45 pm
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Review of Suckers in North America
> Quoting Peter Unmack <peter.lists at>:
> >
> > Abstract
> > Reintroduction projects may fail because captive-reared animals
> do not
> > possess the behavioural skills required for survival in the wild.
> <snip>
>
> Interesting assertion - I wonder how mortality of reintroduced
> fishes compares
> to wild fishes which get gobbled up as fry, before they are old
> enough to
> develop "safe" behaviors?
>
> --Irate
> Where am I going? And why am I in this handbasket?
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