Why you should NEVER release any fish

[ewurm]

Why then is it O.K. for barge's to empty their ballasts and introduce zebra mussles and goby's to lake Erie. Also they stocked steelhead trout in the rivers and they weren't native. That's OK
But my 2 crappies are gonna destroy the rivers and lakes.

Zebra mussels aren't OK, they are a constant nuisance. This is exactly why you don't release non-native fish and animals. As for the native ones, it has been thoroughly covered.

 

[teleost]

Why then is it O.K. for barge's to empty their ballasts and introduce zebra mussles and goby's to lake Erie. Also they stocked steelhead trout in the rivers and they weren't native. That's OK
But my 2 crappies are gonna destroy the rivers and lakes.

I love you Muskieman!

It isn't okay for either cargo ships to release invasives neither is it okay to dump a bunch of non native trout at whim in my opinion.

Now about your two crappie.....whats up with that?

 

[CaribeWithaCavity]

YA, YOUR CRAPPIE MIGHT INCREASE THE RATE OF GLOBAL WARMING!

 

[focker]

i beg the differ on the entire native non native idea. personally i think most of us like the non native fish more. at least thats what the fishkeeping hobby is saying. more people keep non native fish cause there prettier or whatever reasons they like them more. i personally could care less if they dumped cichlids snakehead and all the hobby fish all over north america and let the fittest and strongest survive. i understand most couldnt live in the coldwater but im sure some could and other countries can have some of our fish too. non native animals are in all countires so why not fish? one of our biggest natives are bass and imo i think they are ugly and suck. replace em with pbass or dorados

 

[ewurm]

If Northern Pike were non-native, I think there would be more people keeping them. I think your idea is poor because uneducated fish keepers should not decide what goes into our waterways. Qualified biologists should make that decision.

 

[Skipjack]

i beg the differ on the entire native non native idea. personally i think most of us like the non native fish more. at least thats what the fishkeeping hobby is saying. more people keep non native fish cause there prettier or whatever reasons they like them more. i personally could care less if they dumped cichlids snakehead and all the hobby fish all over north america and let the fittest and strongest survive. i understand most couldnt live in the coldwater but im sure some could and other countries can have some of our fish too. non native animals are in all countires so why not fish? one of our biggest natives are bass and imo i think they are ugly and suck. replace em with pbass or dorados

What an ASS! You think your boy Steve Irwin would advocate that. I have never heard such crap! I would fully be embarrased if I were you!

 

[Skipjack]

Sorry, I can't even try to be diplomatic about this one. You need kicked in the teeth! Obviously not a sportsman of any sort, nor conservationist, nor naturalist. So what would possibly interest you about fish?

 

[teleost]

i beg the differ on the entire native non native idea. personally i think most of us like the non native fish more. at least thats what the fishkeeping hobby is saying. more people keep non native fish cause there prettier or whatever reasons they like them more. i personally could care less if they dumped cichlids snakehead and all the hobby fish all over north america and let the fittest and strongest survive. i understand most couldnt live in the coldwater but im sure some could and other countries can have some of our fish too. non native animals are in all countires so why not fish? one of our biggest natives are bass and imo i think they are ugly and suck. replace em with pbass or dorados

Do you realize that if your dream became reality....A great many native fish would suffer or be lost? The US has a rather odd and special group of fishes that interact in highly specialized ways. A major disruption could be devastating. Seems odd to me that you would take the time post this.

Do you care to further explain why this would be "cool"? Do you have any sources that also think this would be "cool"?

 

[focker]

hey u can go f urself. that is my opinion and not yours so you can shut up. im not going to go catch other countries fish and bring them over here. all im saying is i wish i could go out and catch a payara or dorado or something. if im not entitled to a opinion then u can go to hell. so to flame everyone who has a opinon of there own is just plain ignorant. ur ass isnt nativie to damn country now is it. so if u think nativie should be native then get the hell out of this country.

 

[ewurm]

Nice opinion you have there. Don't be a focker.