Tony
Moontanman-in-aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/15/2006 7:52:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bestfish-in-alaweb.com writes:
>
> To tell you the truth, I think it's probably already too late for many
> of the species on your list. Our own Paddlefish have their own problems,
> and making them compete with the chinese ones wouldn't be good for
> either them OR the chinese ones.
> the chinese paddlefish is a preditor, not a filter feeder.
>
> Somehow I doubt that Mekong Catfish
> would be anything resembling "benign" given that they must be pure
> eating machines.
> They are not the eating machines you would think, mostly eating like a carp.
> Not predatory-in-all, but it's doubtful our water would be warm enough for
> them any way. they are difficult to catch, usually caught on bread.
>
> Besides, our own anglers would wipe them out in no time
> flat, assuming that we could even get enough of them to feasibly start a
> colony. The sturgeons might be okay, assuming once again that we could
> even get enough of them to make a go of it, and also assuming that
> whatever is wiping out our own native ones doesn't just wipe out the
> exotics as well, which would of course wind up doing more total harm to
> these species than good.
> However, there is some room for a few big "ifs."
> IF you could find a place to put them that didn't have similar native
> competitors
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