Re: NANFA-L-- Review of Suckers in North America


Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Review of Suckers in North America
Moontanman at aol.com
Date: Tue Oct 12 2004 - 11:39:26 CDT


In a message dated 10/12/04 12:08:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dlmcneely at lunet.edu writes:

> Natural selection for success in hatcheries? Less genotypic variability?
> Hatchery fish are the progeny of a restricted set of parents compared to wild
> fish.
>
>

So what you are saying is that if you catch two fish and breed them their
progeny will be less able to survive than the young of two fish who have stayed
in the wild? Isn't that a little bit like saying that if you raise rats and cut
off their tails each time eventually the rats will have shorter tails?

moon

/-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/ 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/archive/nanfa/guidelines.html. To subscribe,
/ unsubscribe, or get help, visit the NANFA email list home page and
/ archive at http://www.nanfa.org/archive/nanfa/.



: Fri Dec 31 2004 - 11:27:43 CST