Snakeheads in the Potomac River...Hah!

[ashdavid]

I don't see why the specie that scare the legislature can't be liscensed and the owner required to report any transfers and show the corpse of any reported dead. A pain I know but at least we could keep things like snake heads.

That would be a great idea, but as Vince said the government would prefer to just ban them. I wish there was a way to resolve these issue's so as we as fish keepers can enjoy the fish of our choice.

It is sad to see so much aggression towards someone who is looking at the situation objectively. The fact is that not everyone out there is a responsible pet owner and far too many exotic species find their way into local waterways. While many soon die off, a few can survive and do great harm to native species. Sometimes it is hard to look beyond our own selfish desires and recognize the fact that just because it is out there does not mean we have to posess it. I would never release anything myself, but that is not really the point. There are plenty of idiots who do. As such, extreme measures may be necessary unless they institute a program of selctive human breeding to increase the average I.Q.

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I agree with you totaly rybabsych, unfortunately some people just can't see past there own nose, and therefore they think that it is somebody else's problem. If only we could all band together to promote correct fish care, maybe some of these bans would not have happened in the first place.

 

[nick]

the reason for no licensing is the hassle, lack of government certified workers, lack of generating funds for computer systems/work space, and general lack of care to waht the advanced tropical fish keeper thinks ro wants

only 10 percent of the fish keepers in america are considered "advanced" thigns that induce being an advanced keeper is a tank over 15gallons and being addicted to this site (reference "myself" or "p45" being at the top of that list among mojo hareball neo jon rare wes anthony jsut too name a very few dedicated hobbyists)

most ppl keep a 10 gallon with neons or maybe a couple corys

years dont matter with this style of fishkeepeing as u keep the same fish and dont go on various websites and spend ur free time doing water changes and watching fish behavior...... conclusion-we are elite, if only there were more

 

[nick]

btw its called un natural evolution consisting of a human such as me or yourself introducing a species higher in the food chain

eventually there will only be one, same is true with the human race


we will all band together by ways of peace and understanding and mixing

or we will b culled by a superior race (i.e. hitlers plans)


in the end only 1 is dominant

 

[guppy]

btw its called un natural evolution consisting of a human such as me or yourself introducing a species higher in the food chain

eventually there will only be one, same is true with the human race


we will all band together by ways of peace and understanding and mixing

or we will b culled by a superior race (i.e. hitlers plans)


in the end only 1 is dominant

But I like being top of the food chain.

 

[nick]

as do i lol

 

[Parz]

what a croc of sh*t. pick up any book of asian fishes and you'll find that they have more species of fishes in their waters than in our temperate climate waters. on my last trip to India they also have clarias cats and channa striata, plus about seven others types of snakehead, including the redline or giant snakehead, plus the wallago attu, bagarius cats, lates calcarifer, and the huge pangasius cats, and with all these voracious predators they still have more fish than I could catch during my 3 weeks of jungle fishing. plus about 80 per cent of the local people derive all of their protein from fish they catch and eat. so much for there not being anything but clarias and snakeheads out there.
the waters of the Phillipines are very similar to those in India, actually if you were dropped in there without being told where you were, you wouldn't know the difference. been to Kuala Lumpur on business and didn't actually fish there but the lakes and rivers looked identical.

Great idea. But it is so much easier to ban anything, than do a lot of work and not have the resources.

NOTE: All the rivers and lakes in the Phillipines are only inhabited by the channa striata and clarias clarias. There are hardly any native species in rivers and lakes other than those two species. You will find native brackish and estuarine fish, but in rivers, lakes, and ponds, all you will find are channa striata and the walking catfish....everything aquatic is gone except the cane toad, which is also an introduced species...

I guess the ultimate thing to do, and if this is a perfect world is to have each exotic animal, or fish be studied first prior to approval of entry....BUT that is in a perfect world, which we all know that it isn't.

 

[joel]

nah i havent caught none. i aint been fishing in the potomac for years. its a good reason to go up and try tho hmm makes me think. MFK fishing trip for channa in the potomac. I got the boat whos up for it. gonna need something to tow the boat tho. My pops aint letting me borow his truck.

i've got a couple small boat and a pick up truck. LETS ROLL !!!

 

[NeonTetraFan]

I don't think they will ever catch every snakehead in the Potomac, unless they kill everything else too.

 

[Just1nK4ng]

pretty cool wanan catch me some

 

[joel]

WELL SAID