-- Irate Sarcasm - just another free service I offer! >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org [owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org] On Behalf Of >Jase Roberts >Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:25 PM >To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org >Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Releasing native fish back to the wild -- EVER >acceptable? > >... And here's a further thought exercise: If we're supposed to be worried >about transporting disease between different local bodies of water, is >everyone sterilizing their equipment between collecting sites? > >Is there a difference between these two scenarios:? > >1) Collect one fish from "Site A", and another fish from "Site B", 10 miles >down the road. Keep them together in good water quality for 6 months, and >release them back to their respective collection sites (assuming both >appear disease-free). > >2) Haul a seine load of several hundred flipping fish from "Site A", dump >them back, then drive down the road and start seining at "Site B" 15 >minutes later. > >If anything, I'd assume there's equal or greater chance of transporting >diseases on a wet seine that is in direct contact with hundreds of fish-- >at least for ectoparasites, viruses, bacteria, and anything that forms >free-floating eggs, larvae, or cysts. > > >I'm not necessarily advocating for releasing fish back to the wild (in the >same area where they were collected, of course) -- but I want to know if >there are *scientifically sound* reasons for not doing so. > >Thanks, >Jase > >-- >Jase Roberts >Lewiston, Maine >on the Androscoggin River >/---------------------------------------------------------------------- - >/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes >/ Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily >/ reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA, >/ visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are >/ consistent with the guidelines as per >/ http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get >/ help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at >/ http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml /----------------------------------------------------------------------- / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes / Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily / reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA, / visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are / consistent with the guidelines as per / http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get / help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at / http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml