Re: NANFA-- NANFA join's snakehead hunt

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 06:31:00 -0400

Apparently, snakeheads must like hot, humid summers. Jay, supposedly,
snakeheads spawn in June and July, according to the newspaper accounts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Crail, Todd" <tcrail_at_northshores.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:03 AM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- NANFA join's snakehead hunt

> Good thought Jay. Anyone have a species ID on it? Google is just turning
up local news stories (this, amazingly, is big news which I'm impressed
with... I wish other asian imports like Rhamnus frangula and cathartica
were. Lord knows I'm tired of hacking it all.) Otherwise, we could prolly
get to the bottom of this matter quickly on the web.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay DeLong
> Sent: Mon 7/8/2002 11:40 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: NANFA-- NANFA join's snakehead hunt
>
>
>
> The biologist in the Sunspot article mentioned that Maryland summer
> temperatureas are ideal for the northern snakehead to spawn. What does
that
> mean? Does anyone know about the reproductive biology of that animal
> (breeding temperature, egg development, fecundity, etc)? Could Bob have
> been wading in cigs and muck too early in the year? Maybe NANFA can get
> "really" scientific and do some research and set up a scientific sampling
> plan! Can you imagine the PR that may result?!
>
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> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
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