Paddle Fish
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sandtiger;814357; said:
What scares me is I'm not sure if there is comprehensive data to create such a map accurately. (Not historical distribution so much but current status)
They are being stocked by the millions but still the data regarding the success of this in many cases has been elusive.
Polypterus;814767; said:
One thing I can say about natureserve is that I think they are not as accurate as one would hope. There are several fish found in my watershed for example that aren't on their species list for my watershed. Even more shocking is thier range map for Noturus miurus. For NY it lists the fish as "critically imperiled" but if you visit the DEC website the brindled madtom is not listed as a species of special concern, threatened or endangered.
As for paddlefish stocking. There is a place here in NY (Oneida Fish Hatchery) that rears paddlefish but I have yet to hear anything about them stocking these fish. There is a Conservationist magazine article from 2000 about paddlefish being stocked in NY. If this is the case then would they still be considered exterpated? I cannot read the entire article without joining the site.
Paddlefish Return to Southern Tier.(paddlefish make a comeback in New York State)
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60058758.html
EDIT: Pffft, I have the Conservationist issue about stocking paddlefish, Feb 2000. Guess I can read it after all.
Thing about Nature serve is that much of the distribution data is based solely on preserved vouchers in various collections. If no one has entered new data about distribution increase or decrease in a given watershed then it will not reflect it. Many times you can take a species not listed in a given location to be there if there is any clear ability be it anthropomorphic or natural that the species could easily jump watersheds and be found outside of a given area. Likewise some listed localities may actually be extinct from a given area.
I'm really not so sure exactly how they list state, federal and global ratings for the status of fish within a given area. I have never really looked into this so I'm not qualified to comment.
i found a pic of some we caught last year. they are 4-5 foot. the one just right of the pole was 6 foot.
they are the best tasting fish i ever ate. no bones! so if you get tired of it or it gets too big for the tank. cut it up and eat it!
YUM!
they are the best tasting fish i ever ate. no bones! so if you get tired of it or it gets too big for the tank. cut it up and eat it!
YUM!yucks! imagine eating my cat fish when it gets too big for the tank *pukes*toehead11183;823849;823849 said:i found a pic of some we caught last year. they are 4-5 foot. the one just right of the pole was 6 foot.
they are the best tasting fish i ever ate. no bones! so if you get tired of it or it gets too big for the tank. cut it up and eat it!
these guys at the tenn aquarium looked at least 5-6', they had a lot of smaller ones there too around 8-10", they were all black
