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From: "Irate Mormon" <archimed_at_netdoor.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:03 AM
Subject: NANFA-- Bluenose shiner news
> I had a rather disturbing conversation with one of my friends at the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science yesterday. It seems that
> somebody has been plundering welaka for the "Pet Trade". Mike suspects
that a "German aquarist" is responsible, but asked me to
> see if I could find out anything. According to him, sites that have been
productive for the last 15 years are now void of welaka. I am
> wondering if any of my southern brethren have heard of such a person? Not
that I think that a foreign aquarist is necessarily involved,
> but this is very upsetting in any case. As Chris knows, I have been
kicking around the idea of writing an article on how the range of
> this fish has changed over the years. Due to intense time pressure I
haven't really made any headway on this, but the little
> information I have gathered is alarming. Some of you may gather from my
"point-counterpoint" dialog with Gene Helfman (I think it's
> in this issue of A/C, unless Chris decided it was too controversial) that
I am gung-ho about collecting "special concern" species
> which do not enjoy legal protection. This is not the case at all, as I
hope I communicated in my rebuttal. P. welaka is one of those
> fish which is not protected in MS, but is listed as "special concern". I
am almost to the point of asking NANFA to declare an official
> moratorium on collecting this fish, but I need to get my facts in order
first. If there is a reckless individual out there, and anybody
> has any idea who it might be, PLEASE help me in identifying him.
>
> Prost,
>
> Martin
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