I could be wrong but if you keep all fish from the same exact location(pond, waterway, etc..) and feed them natural foods without chemicals it would be okay. For instance, instead of feeding a bass goldfish(most are sickly from the store) feed the bass baby fish from the same location. It might be hard to do, but I would think the risk of disease would be very minimal or not at all.
Releasing Natives back into the wild?
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Itsadeepbluesea;4205805; said:
+1. Many diseases are density dependent. Plus, you are protecting fish from the predators that would normally pick off sick fish. Fish that are sick and still alive are pathogen factories, cranking out many more copies of the bug that infected them. The more new bugs produced, the greater likelihood of new, more deadly mutant bugs. So, there's logic behind not releasing captive natives.
As far as the law goes, call your DNR. "Some guy on a forum told me it was OK" is not going to fly if you get in trouble.
Most areas have very tight restrictions on releasing fish (any fish) into local waters.
Not only does it have to do with disease transfer, but once you break a fish to being fed, often times they don't go back to fending for themselves.
Not only does it have to do with disease transfer, but once you break a fish to being fed, often times they don't go back to fending for themselves.
Zoodiver;4208721; said:
How does a state than restock fish , I assumed the fish were held in cement,etc vats and fed pellets till time to restock ?
http://myfwc.com/NEWSROOM/10/south/News_10_S_PiranhaPond.htm
screaminleeman;4204837; said: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!
a middle aged colored gentlman...what color was he?
Louie;4209573; said:
The fish they used were most likely raised in hatcheries, just like most other fish that are stocked across the nation. I think there was some confusion, "Restocking" doesn't mean they removed the fish, held them in vats, and later put them back in the lake. It means they eradicated the fish currently in the pond, and re-populated it with new fish.
