I'm Pissed!
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rallysman;523231; said:well, atleast it would get the truth out I suppose
i like your idea also Levi.
Well done Wes,fugupuff;523215;523215 said:
I also sent a similar E-mail through this link http://www.dnr.state.md.us/mailroom.asp
and asked that it be directly sent to Marty Gary (Dept. Management + Developement B-2). He is the source of the misinformation.
For those more local to him here is a way to get a retraction and correction into the paper,
His phone # is (410) 260- 8289. If several of us call him personally, a couple times each over the next couple days, he might get the message that that information needs to be corrected.
Be polite please.
Great, I also posted another thread refering to this to try to get the members in that area involved.
I guess I wasn't convincing enough... 
Here is what the paper replied...
Here is what the paper replied...Dear Wes:
Before I even went to the tackle shop, I contacted DNR, which sent out the
fisheries biologist in charge of IDing and certifying Maryland catches. He
has more than 25 years of experience.
I asked him specifically if the fish was a Pacu.
He told me that he has seen many Pacu--aquarium discards in local waters
and in their natural surroundings--and was sure this was a pirahna.
I double-checked his ID with the National Aquarium in Washington, which
concurred.
As far as the northern snakehead story, I broke that story. The fish in
Crofton DID NOT come from a restaurant. The two fish came from an aquarium
owned by an Asian man, who bought the fish so he would have a ready supply
of fish to make soup. When they got too big and his mother refused to
prepare anymore soup, he tossed them in the pond across the street from his
condo.
I have the police reports that include interviews with the men, who would
have been charged, but the law wasn't clear enough to make charges stick.
Further, in the creek behind the Dundalk tackle shop, there are two Oscars
swimming near the dock. So, sadly someone is in the habit of discarding
aquarium fish when it becomes inconvenient.
Sincerely,
Candy Thomson
Before I even went to the tackle shop, I contacted DNR, which sent out the
fisheries biologist in charge of IDing and certifying Maryland catches. He
has more than 25 years of experience.
I asked him specifically if the fish was a Pacu.
He told me that he has seen many Pacu--aquarium discards in local waters
and in their natural surroundings--and was sure this was a pirahna.
I double-checked his ID with the National Aquarium in Washington, which
concurred.
As far as the northern snakehead story, I broke that story. The fish in
Crofton DID NOT come from a restaurant. The two fish came from an aquarium
owned by an Asian man, who bought the fish so he would have a ready supply
of fish to make soup. When they got too big and his mother refused to
prepare anymore soup, he tossed them in the pond across the street from his
condo.
I have the police reports that include interviews with the men, who would
have been charged, but the law wasn't clear enough to make charges stick.
Further, in the creek behind the Dundalk tackle shop, there are two Oscars
swimming near the dock. So, sadly someone is in the habit of discarding
aquarium fish when it becomes inconvenient.
Sincerely,
Candy Thomson
fugupuff;523892; said:I guess I wasn't convincing enough...
Dear Wes:
Before I even went to the tackle shop, I contacted DNR, which sent out the
fisheries biologist in charge of IDing and certifying Maryland catches. He
has more than 25 years of experience.
I asked him specifically if the fish was a Pacu.
He told me that he has seen many Pacu--aquarium discards in local waters
and in their natural surroundings--and was sure this was a pirahna.
I double-checked his ID with the National Aquarium in Washington, which
concurred.
As far as the northern snakehead story, I broke that story. The fish in
Crofton DID NOT come from a restaurant. The two fish came from an aquarium
owned by an Asian man, who bought the fish so he would have a ready supply
of fish to make soup. When they got too big and his mother refused to
prepare anymore soup, he tossed them in the pond across the street from his
condo.
I have the police reports that include interviews with the men, who would
have been charged, but the law wasn't clear enough to make charges stick.
Further, in the creek behind the Dundalk tackle shop, there are two Oscars
swimming near the dock. So, sadly someone is in the habit of discarding
aquarium fish when it becomes inconvenient.
Sincerely,
Candy Thomson
She needs to get a few more opinions
