Re: NANFA-- Alternative Mosquito Fishes

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Sat, 1 Sep 2001 09:59:30 -0400

Anybody have the original article about Holyoak and his farm?
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From: "Jeffrey Fullerton" <tcmajorr_at_westol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 12:12 AM
Subject: NANFA-- Alternative Mosquito Fishes

> > Holyoak said his farm has shipped out about 5.5 million mosquito fish
> > > > since
> > > > > the West Nile outbreak in New York two years ago, and he plans to
> > > produce
> > > > > millions more this year.
> > > > > The fish, which can grow up to 2 inches long, are sold for about 4
> > cents
> > > a piece.``People are putting them in puddle holes, in fish ponds,''
Holyoak
> > > said.
> >
> Why not a campaigne to substitute other species that do a better job.
> There are several types of native fishes that do a better job than
> Gambusia - Topminnows are probably the best followed by Enneacanthus
> sunfishes , Fliers (Centrarchus macropterus) and Mudminnows (Umbridae).
> Another bonus is that most of the areas where Nile Virus is a concern
> support indigenous populations of these fish so it would be an easy
> matter for the states or licensed fish culturalists to propagate and
> distribute stocks from local genotypes. This would help conserve local
> species and minimize the chances for introducing new diseases and
> foreign genes into wild populations.
>
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
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