Re: NANFA-- A coverup by the government? Surely not...

jdpro (jdpro_at_cox.net)
Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:12:04 -0700

New member here, and I hope this isn't too stupid a question, but would
someone fill me in on what is so important about the Alabama sturgeon?

:)

Tanya

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" <Jan.J.Hoover_at_erdc.usace.army.mil>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 4:26 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- A coverup by the government? Surely not...

> Gastropod man writes:
> >>>A few weeks ago a local fisherman caught a juvenile Alabama Sturgeon in
> Alabama's Yellow River, just a few miles from my house....
> called the game warden. The game warden came and picked up the fish to
> do whatever it is that they do with fish like these....
> About ten days later, Feds aplenty swarmed into that bait shop with many
> questions....
> Anyway, I put two and two together, and I think I've found a coverup.
> I'd be willing to bet that those two spots we're all supposed to avoid
> are really sturgeon spawning sites...
> What do you think?<<<
>
> Jan writes:
>
> I think that posting something like this is odd to say the least.
> Catching a juvenile Alabama sturgeon is only a little less remarkable than
> catching a goblin shark or a coelacanth.
> Assuming the story is true - you should have contacted state resource
> agencies and the USFWS. I guarantee you that they would all be extremley
> interested. Assuming the story is not true - you have contributed another
> internet equivalent of an urban legend - like those giant alligator and
mobs
> of rattlesnake photos and pictures that have been circulating for a couple
> of years.
>
> The group that I work with spent a year working with other agencies (state
> and federal) searching for Alabama sturgeon. I will be more than happy to
> put you in touch with those biologists.
>
> Since the un-named bait dealer was savvy enought to recognize the fish, I
> assume he was also savvy enought to take photographs and contact the
press.
> Correct ?

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