RE: NANFA-L--sturgeon in the aquarium trade


Subject: RE: NANFA-L--sturgeon in the aquarium trade
From: Irate Mormon (archimedes-in-bayspringstel.net)
Date: Sun Dec 05 2004 - 20:20:52 CST


Quoting "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" <Jan.J.Hoover-in-erdc.usace.army.mil>:

> http://www.fisheries.org/wiafs/resolutions.html
>
> Sturgeon as aquarium fishes is a recurring topic of discussion and debatre
> on this list.

After reading their resolution, the only threat that seems credible to me is the
danger of vendors selling wild-caught sturgeon and passing them off as legally
harvested commercial sturgeon. Balance this against the reduction of pressure
to poach wild fishes, since one can obtain them legally. What do you guys think?

--Irate
"In our study of natural objects we are approaching the thoughts of the Creator,
reading his conceptions, interpreting a system that is His and not ours." -
Louis Agassiz
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