Re: NANFA-- MD snakehead update

Joshua L Wiegert (jlw_at_dune.net)
Tue, 2 Jul 2002 16:44:28 -0600 (MDT)

That's an option they're exploring, Mike. However, if its just one or two
fish, and they can remove them without overly harming the pond... seems
that the benefit is there. Unfortunately, most state DNR's are full of
people who don't seem to understand that ponds are often filled with
fishes other than gamefish.... I can think of many NY ponds that were
rot'd, previously having a nice fishery of bullhead and full of little
minnows to collect... Few perch get in, do some damage, and .. next thing
you know, its a stocked pond full of the same trout year after year.

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On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Mike Bessert wrote:


> Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 17:30:22 -0700
> From: Mike Bessert <mbesser1_at_bigred.unl.edu>
> Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- MD snakehead update
> 
> Greetings to all.
> 
> I have been out of the loop for a few days, so I'm getting caught up on the
> latest.  I am as much a conservationist as anyone on the list and I'm not a
> big fan of knee jerk extremes; however...
> 
> Wouldn't a little rotenone be in order here?  It seems to me that the
> sacrifice of a few ponds now (ponds that could be rehab'd in a few years)
> would be worth the potential benefit of preventing the introduction of YET
> ANOTHER damaging Asian species into our rivers.  See:  common carp, bighead
> carp, etc. etc. etc.
> 
> Mike Bessert
> Lincoln, NE
> 
> on 7/2/02 6:21 AM, ichthos_at_charm.net at ichthos at charm.net wrote:
> 
> > For the latest -- and photos -- on the northern snakehead in Maryland, go
> > to:
> > 
> > http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/
> > 
> > and click on the snakehead story. (Sunspot changes their pages often, so
> > the story may not be up beyond 7/2.)
> > 
> > Apparently, there are at least 2 of them in the Crofton pond.
> > 
> > "Scientists don't know how the snakehead got into the pond. Some
> > snakehead species are sold to pet stores. Others, such as the northern
> > snakehead, are sold in Asian specialty markets."
> > 
> > Chris Scharpf
> > Baltimore
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