Re: Spread of goldfish
- Subject: Re: [GWL]: Spread of goldfish
- From: fran gustman fgustman@juno.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 20:03:19 -0500
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SAlly,
Who said this?
I am a fish biologist so I'll give you my 2 cents worth. In general,
well-meaning and naive folk have helped to create a real ecological catastrophe
in this country and elsewhere by stocking non-native species of fish. Goldfish
(Carassius
auratus) are not actually carp (Cyprinus carpio), though they are closely
related and they have a similar propensity to thrive when introduced into the
wild. I would definitely not advocate use of goldfish or any other non-native
fish species in any water body that has any likelihood of connecting (via flood
or accident) to natural water systems. Further, such stocking might actually be
prohibited by state law. Some states have been slow to recognize the insidious
nature of non-native fish stocking, but most are coming around. The USGS has a
nice web page about nonnative fish that might be interesting to you http://nas.er.usgs.gov/.—????
Fran
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