Releasing Natives back into the wild?

[troubleshootn]

Ok so to clear some confusion I have, If I were to take a tank setup brand new. Aquire native species place them in my tank(and by native I mean only species from the same location) and let them grow. Why is it that they can not be released back to where they came.

Ive heardfrom many they can carry tropical disease back to their native location, guess my question is how DO they catch a tropical disease when kept with there own kind?

 

[polish]

Exactly - because if you mixed them with other fish they *could* get some sort of disease.

Granted if they are kept alone and so on it probably wouldn't/couldn't happen but that doesn't change the law.

That is like saying "Drinking and driving is illegal because it is dangerous but I do it all the time and never wreck" so why does said law apply to me...

The law is still the law. Yes, it is kind of silly in certain aspects BUT it's there for a reason...

If you have a private pond not connected to other natural bodies of water you can release them though. As long as it is private you can more or less do as you please.

 

[screaminleeman]

Exactly - because if you mixed them with other fish they *could* get some sort of disease.

Granted if they are kept alone and so on it probably wouldn't/couldn't happen but that doesn't change the law.

That is like saying "Drinking and driving is illegal because it is dangerous but I do it all the time and never wreck" so why does said law apply to me...

The law is still the law. Yes, it is kind of silly in certain aspects BUT it's there for a reason...

If you have a private pond not connected to other natural bodies of water you can release them though. As long as it is private you can more or less do as you please.

Wrong, I caught much grief over stocking local Bass, Bluegill and Catfish into my farm pond. I was told that Birds, Snakes, Racoons etc... would still be able to spread bad schtuff!

On a side note, I almost pissed myself Tuesday on the lightrail on the way home from work, when a middle aged colored gentleman was yanked off the train for being drunk! I am not that savoy on urban diction, but I certainly did not think that he was particularly offensive. Again I do admit to not understanding urban diction, and would NEVER attempt to use it myself, but it is extreme commonplace for colored males in Baltimore city to use the "N" word conversationally, and even use it in the first person tense to refer to themselves!

 

[polish]

Grief from who? DNR or people here?

If people on here, then they can go kick rocks...

If the DNR then I was misinformed. I was under the impression any private pond is exactly that, private... So they have no say on what is in it as long as it's a legal fish. IE; no Asian Aro or something...

 

[troubleshootn]

I live in NC the only law I know of about stocking public waters is for non native species. Such as the bill boards at the boat landings like do not stock spotted bass etc.. it never says anything about native species. Seems like an extended catch and release to me?? Correct me if I wrong, but please show me the site or tell me where to find the law at please.

And one other note private ponds are just that private

 

[screaminleeman]

Grief from who? DNR or people here?

If people on here, then they can go kick rocks...

If the DNR then I was misinformed. I was under the impression any private pond is exactly that, private... So they have no say on what is in it as long as it's a legal fish. IE; no Asian Aro or something...

It was mainly on a different fish forum, but I did get some flac here also! I do admit that it was mainly from introducing feeder goldfish for the LMB that was the flac I got here. Not only was the DNR ok with the initial stocking, they aranged it.

 

[polish]

I live in NC the only law I know of about stocking public waters is for non native species. Such as the bill boards at the boat landings like do not stock spotted bass etc.. it never says anything about native species. Seems like an extended catch and release to me?? Correct me if I wrong, but please show me the site or tell me where to find the law at please.

And one other note private ponds are just that private

It does seem like extended catch and release, kind of...

I don't know where to find the law at, maybe someone else can... I tried to Google it but the terms are so broad nothing beneficial shows up in the results. I know many people who have done this so quite frankly I don't care if you do either, hence I am not spending time finding the law. Maybe someone has something bookmarked that has an official law. I am pretty certain once you take fish from a lake you're supposed to keep it (to eat or keep in a tank or whatever you do) unless you're just weighing them for a bass tournament or something then releasing them right away. In which case they never leave the actual lake water. They just sit in a live well, then a bag, then hit the scales then back in the lake...

It was mainly on a different fish forum, but I did get some flac here also! I do admit that it was mainly from introducing feeder goldfish for the LMB that was the flac I got here. Not only was the DNR ok with the initial stocking, they aranged it.

Interesting. I see people keep goldfish and koi in outside ponds all the time. Even on this forum, so not sure why people would care if you used them as feeders. Likely just some kids with 15g tanks and 6 Oscars trying to sound smart or something...

 

[Sacklunch]

hahahaha extended catch and release. I think its just to ensure theres not an outbreak. if your going to grow out natives might as well make space outside to put them once they have been grown out then you can still enjoy them wthout pissing anyone off haha

 

[troubleshootn]

I have a two acre pond to release them into, I just see so many people say this and that I was curious where the info is coming from. I read the whole dern NC wildlife reg and rules yesterday and didnt see it so I thought I would ask ha. Thanks for all the insight though!

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

It is because being in close quarters it is easier for diseases to spread, which leaves the fish susceptible for things that may have trouble thriving in the wild. Then you take them put the back in a pond or river and risk the chance of disease outbreak in the fish population.