----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin" <kevino_at_beaverstatedental.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Newbie from Oregon
> I am not sure about their laws on keeping native fish. I am going to have
to
> check that out as well. I know the salmon are VERY protected. If you fish
> for them you have to have a tag for them just like you do if you are deer
> hunting. But it would not surprise me if they were strict on them. They
tend
> to be strict on anything here dealing with nature. Last year they cut the
> farmer's water and said there would be record lows in the salmon
population
> due to our drought. But just when you think you got nature figured out you
> get a curve ball. They had record high numbers last year during the salmon
> run.
>
>
>
> On 6/4/03 1:08 PM, "Sajjad Lateef" <sajjadlateef_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > --- Jay DeLong <thirdwind_at_att.net> wrote:
> >> At 09:16 AM 6/4/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >>> Partly because of a fish I found in one of our local streams and I
> >>> am trying to find out what it is. I think it is Cottus Bairdi
> >> (Mottled
> >>> Sculpin) but I am not sure.
> >>
> >> Welcome to the list, Kevin. Unles you're in far eastern Oregon, I'd
> >> say
> >> it's unlikely that you have a mottled sculpin. The mottled has a lot
> >> of
> >> stuff written about it because it's so common in other parts of the
> >> US and
> >> Canada. Where do you live and is there any way to take a clear photo
> >> of
> >> that fish? If not, can you describe it? There are quite a few
> >> freshwater
> >> sculpins in Oregon.
> >
> > Oregon, the home of our own Norm Edelen and I also recall, has some
> > strangely restrictive laws about keeping native fishes?
> > Aren't they just as restrictive as WA and CA?
> >
> >
> >
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