Animals not to purchase

[Deadliestviper7]

dead seahorses..as opposed to eating live sea horses?

I meant as jewelry which is actually a thing

 

[Deadliestviper7]

dead seahorses..as opposed to eating live sea horses?

I meant as jewelry which is actually a thing

Harvesting immature wild trout is not only illegal in almost all places, but also extremely harmful to the trouts propagation and genetic diversity. Youre dead wrong on that im afraid.

Im not trying to big boy you or go into incredible detail about my qualifications, but i have worked and fished in many fisheries from the tropical pacific to the allegheny highlands to the louisiana bayou. Im no stranger to fishery rehabilitation and the only method i can think of that vaguely resembles what youre suggesting is slot limits, and even then the purpose of slot limits is to protect the breeding fish, not encourage harvest of juveniles. In any case, ive never heard of slot limits in wild trout or salmon populations because these fish propagate differently than the species that do benefit from them, like bass.

Im on board with what youre saying about fish farming. The system needs to be changed though. Ive been to plenty of fish farms and the number one goal is not to raise healthy, genetically diverse fish. The goal is to grow fat fish fast and sell them for profit.

If you were to create a fish farm where you could raise fish in habitats at least somewhat resembling their natural environment and life cycle then i would be behind you 100%. That kind of farm would just take a lot of money and effort.

Still disagree with you, if you use my method you get both rather abundant and huge trout, many people think a 10 pound rainbow is a big trout, it isn't really, most limits are based on assumption not science, only in the last decade or so have scientist started to find out what I knew for years ,
And this coming from a guy who helped grow 20 plus pound rainbows, the fact of the matter is current fish managing strategies are producing both less and smaller fish, while ones using strategies similar to mine have had awesome success rates that are improving said fisheries every year.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

dead seahorses..as opposed to eating live sea horses?

I meant as jewelry which is actually a thing

Harvesting immature wild trout is not only illegal in almost all places, but also extremely harmful to the trouts propagation and genetic diversity. Youre dead wrong on that im afraid.

Im not trying to big boy you or go into incredible detail about my qualifications, but i have worked and fished in many fisheries from the tropical pacific to the allegheny highlands to the louisiana bayou. Im no stranger to fishery rehabilitation and the only method i can think of that vaguely resembles what youre suggesting is slot limits, and even then the purpose of slot limits is to protect the breeding fish, not encourage harvest of juveniles. In any case, ive never heard of slot limits in wild trout or salmon populations because these fish propagate differently than the species that do benefit from them, like bass.

Im on board with what youre saying about fish farming. The system needs to be changed though. Ive been to plenty of fish farms and the number one goal is not to raise healthy, genetically diverse fish. The goal is to grow fat fish fast and sell them for profit.

If you were to create a fish farm where you could raise fish in habitats at least somewhat resembling their natural environment and life cycle then i would be behind you 100%. That kind of farm would just take a lot of money and effort.

Still disagree with you, if you use my method you get both rather abundant and huge trout, many people think a 10 pound rainbow is a big trout, it isn't really, most limits are based on assumption not science, only in the last decade or so have scientist started to find out what I knew for years ,
And this coming from a guy who helped grow 20 plus pound rainbows, the fact of the matter is current fish managing strategies are producing both less and smaller fish, while ones using strategies similar to mine have had awesome success rates that are improving said fisheries every year.

 

[AKBlueJacks]

I’m not looking to get into some kind of debate, but I would be interested to hear why black bear, brown bear, wolves, and even halibut are on your list. All these animals are found in my area and by no means are endangered or even sensitive. Statements like this about these animals are generally not based on scientific evidence.

 

[TwoHedWlf]

I meant as jewelry which is actually a thing

The seahorse farm here apparently freeze dries all their seahorses to be sent to China for use in traditional medicine. Say that's the biggest market for seahorses worldwide, sale to the US for aquariums is a distant second.

 

[celebrist]

China is eating all their giant salamander too

 

[celebrist]

Harvesting immature wild trout is not only illegal in almost all places, but also extremely harmful to the trouts propagation and genetic diversity. Youre dead wrong on that im afraid.

Im not trying to big boy you or go into incredible detail about my qualifications, but i have worked and fished in many fisheries from the tropical pacific to the allegheny highlands to the louisiana bayou. Im no stranger to fishery rehabilitation and the only method i can think of that vaguely resembles what youre suggesting is slot limits, and even then the purpose of slot limits is to protect the breeding fish, not encourage harvest of juveniles. In any case, ive never heard of slot limits in wild trout or salmon populations because these fish propagate differently than the species that do benefit from them, like bass.

Im on board with what youre saying about fish farming. The system needs to be changed though. Ive been to plenty of fish farms and the number one goal is not to raise healthy, genetically diverse fish. The goal is to grow fat fish fast and sell them for profit.

If you were to create a fish farm where you could raise fish in habitats at least somewhat resembling their natural environment and life cycle then i would be behind you 100%. That kind of farm would just take a lot of money and effort.

Slot limits on our king salmon are fairly common up here but I do agree with your post

 

[nzafi]

Most of the fish you on the not list are very commonly served on restaurants here in NJ.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

I’m not looking to get into some kind of debate, but I would be interested to hear why black bear, brown bear, wolves, and even halibut are on your list. All these animals are found in my area and by no means are endangered or even sensitive. Statements like this about these animals are generally not based on scientific evidence.

Mt lions and brown bears produce at relatively low rates with high enough infant mortality that even moderately low hunting is severely damaging to their populations, for example 98 percent of grizzly bear fatalities are due to hunting, which is a lot for a upper tier animal that occurs in smaller population densities (generally it's not good to hunt creatures at the top of the food chain)

This is well supported by science, I'm not Peeta or some liberal anti hunter , just someone with sound harvesting strategies.

Halibut have declined enough that some areas have decreased the allowed limits.

I'm not running around half cocked like many of the f&g departments (who often use unfounded methods).

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Most of the fish you on the not list are very commonly served on restaurants here in NJ.

No kidding, that's how they get so rare