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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- How soon is now?
> Your apprehension is well-taken, Todd. I saw a scary presentation this
past
> weekend at the Ichthyologists' meeting in Kansas City. A Canadian
biologist
> presented what he's found about the escape of non-native Atlantic salmon
> from aquaculture operations in British Columbia over the past 15 years.
The
> government and industry don't want to talk about it, of course, but
Atlantic
> salmon have now become well-established in many rivers on Vancouver Island
> and probably the BC mainland. They can do this because the native Pacific
> species have had their populations hammered by overfishing, opening up a
> niche for the Atlantics. Once established, the Atlantics can further
stress
> the native salmons in their natal rivers. Interestingly, the way this
works
> is that the Atlantics take over the riverbottoms and force the native
> competitors to spend more time in the less food-rich water column.
>
> It's all about money, of course, since the aquaculture industry has about
10
> times the cash value of wild-caught fishes. Atlantic salmon is now a fad
in
> Japan, apparently (Ed Venn?), and the Japanese are willing to bid up the
> price for farm-raised Atlantics from BC, Canada. I would urge everyone on
> this list to avoid aquacultured Atlantic salmon, especially that produced
in
> BC. This biz is badly twisting the original ecosystem.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
> >Not sure if anyone posted anything about this... I usually can't remember
> >what
> >I had for lunch, let alone 2 months ago, so sorry if this is redundant ;)
> >
> >I'd always wondered how long it would take for pacific marine piscovores
to
> >"escape" out of the Marine hobby. Apparently, they've found them up to
the
> >Carolinas, but the link I followed was 404.
> >
> >http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/051402/LOClionfish.shtml
> >
> >And how'd you like that guy's final quote?
> >
> >Todd "put it on his chair when he's not looking" Crail
> >http://www.farmertodd.com
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