NANFA-- Re: Tank Raised Vs. Wild

Mark (mbinkley_at_columbus.rr.com)
Mon, 13 Nov 2000 10:01:06 -0500

At 1:29 PM -0800 11/11/00, Norman Edelen wrote:
>I think the fact that natives are perceived as more challenging to spawn is
>absolutely true. Partially, there is a lack of literature regarding the
>captive spawning of our native species. I think that NANFA goes a long way
>to alleviating this problem. Spawning reports are an integral part of
>NANFA's publications. A BAP program requiring an article or report would
>possibly accelerate this process of providing information on captive
>breeding methods, and perhaps aid in providing tank raised progeny to the
>membership of NANFA.

Yes! An organized effort to record and make spawning reports available
would be great! Just having that on our web site would give us _lots_ of
traffic and exposure.

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