Re: NANFA-- Marine natives

Katrina kruse (underseavisions_at_attglobal.net)
Sat, 08 Jan 2000 17:42:01 -0800

Hi! You are correct about there being interesting cold water west coast fish
but....
1. It is illegal: Washington State does not issue collecting permits to anyone (it
appears) except fisheries people and researchers. (Check Oregon or east coast)
2. Wolfeels are not "tank" size, no matter how big your tank is -- they grow to
be 6 feet long and even as juveniles are not tank size. They also mate for life so
you don't want to deprive them. (Although it is cool to look at things with a head
the size of your own!)
3. I'm not sure how well cold water fish would transport -- Washington waters are
48 or so degrees, highly oxygenated (big current exchanges and upwellings from
deep below),
and therefor may be dead on arrival if other states allow things to be collected.
4.Wolf eels are protected in inland Puget Sound waters and couldn't be collected
anyway.
5. Wolf-eels are particular about what they eat -- green sea urchins and dungeness
crab with occasional pectin scallops. Filter feeders are difficult to keep.
6. If transporting small, cool sculpins and such I would recommend tidepool
species because they are used to bigger temperature fluctuations.

If you are serious, and want to know all about cold water marine stuff..I'm your
person! Wolf eels are my favorite! I have photos of the inside of their mouths,
their eyes, their smiles (yes they are human like) and have had them out swimming
with me and wrapping around me! There is a tremendous diversity of life here in
Washington State and I photograph it all! A man I dove with was instrumental in
getting the Wolfies protected, and we did many a dive photographing them to get
"proof" that they should be protected. katrina
Moontanman_at_aol.com wrote:

> Does anyone on this list catch small marine fish from off the West coast for
> aquarium keeping? Looks like there may be some interesting small fish as well
> as some large fish it would be interesting to keep. I think a wolf eel would
> much more interesting than a moray. I have been looking through some pictures
> and it looks like there are a great many interesting looking cool or cold
> water fish off the West coast and in the cooler water off the East coast as
> well.
>
>
> Moon
>
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