Re: NANFA-- Native Fish Canundrum

njz (njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com)
Sat, 6 Sep 2003 14:04:46 -0400

Good question. What does "that drainage system" exactly mean though? For
example, here in Cleveland we have one drainage systems heading into Lake
Erie, the Cuyahoga. Does the fish need to be fromt the Cuyahoga system? Or
can it be from the Rocky River (about 10 miles west)? Black River (20 miles
west)? How about the Maumee (about 100 miles west)? What about Canadian
stock? To what degree do we want to go to say that it is ok? Is it just
safe to say from the Great Lakes drainage or should we say the Lake Erie
drainage? I'd be interested in hearing everyone's thoughts.

Nick Zarlinga

"If we ignore nature.....maybe it'll go away."

----- Original Message -----
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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