Concept is not new. Conservation stocking, as it is called, creates "refuge
populations" and is most usually confined to fishless springs and artificial
reservoirs and ponds. Conservation stocking has most often occurred with
southwestern spring species such as pupfishes, goodeids and minnows.
The American Fisheries Society has guidelines for such releases:
Williams, J.E., D.W. Sada, and C.D. Williams. 1988. American Fisheries
Society guidelines for introductions of threatened and endangered fishes.
Fisheries 13(5): 5-11.
Chris Scharpf
Baltimore
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