Re: NANFA-- Native Fish Canundrum

Harry Knaub (harryknaub_at_suscom.net)
Sat, 6 Sep 2003 07:43:14 -0400

I think that you're right on the money, John.
Harry Knaub
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From: "John B" <bongi_at_cox-internet.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 10:45 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Native Fish Canundrum

> I have recently been approached by folks wanting to build lakes and
> ponds stocked with "Native Fish". They were seeking my help. I may
> have turned them off by explaining that though there sympathies are very
> much welcomed, when building a pond or lake that flows into an existing
> drainage, that we would want to stock it with fish that are native to
> that drainage system. "For instance", I explained, "stocking the Red
> River Pup Fish in a pond that drains into the Neches River System, here
> in Texas, would not be ecologically responsible or sound".
>
> Now the RRPF is not native to the Neches River. Does the all knowing,
> and omnipresent NANFA list agree with these sediments? or I being too
> hard core?
>
>
>
> John

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