On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:36:38 -0600, "Wolfgang" wrote:


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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:45:17 -0500, Jeff Miller
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damn... the stripers have given some life during the winter to the
fishing economy on the outer banks. we have developed a huge
tourist-charter and sportfishing industry off the nc outer banks for
stripers during the winter - and this year has yielded good fishing. i
haven't heard/read any reports of diseased fish being caught off oregon
inlet this year, and we just had a new state record set two weeks ago -
a 62 pound striped bass. i don't doubt there have been some, and it may
be limited because water temps haven't hit optimum for the run from up
north. we have good to excellent striper (rock) fishing in the
alligator river and the roanoke river in march and april - all the fish
i've caught have been healthy and without sores.

Don't worry. With a _scientist_ called "Wolfgang" on the case, can a
solution be far behind? I mean, these same folks have only been
predicting this same eminent, immediate, and total catastrophe for, oh,
about 10 years. And this Wolfgang has his own personal opinion of the
absolutely necessary solution: "The need to fund the disease
research..."

Translation - "I'm a grant away from needing a cardboard sign that says,
'Will postulate for a Frappamochachino'..."

Is there a problem? Yeah, probably a small one. Is the sky failing?
No, not likely, based on the actual data. This seems to be yet another
genetic-blip-meets-man's-interaction that causes a population reduction
until the affected species adapt. And remember, "genetic blips" and
other natural events cause population swings even when man provides no
influence - look to bream population swings, esp in closed systems, for
similar swings that a fund-seeking "scientist" could use to separate
funders from funds.

Yeah, leave it alone......it'll go away.

Yes, possibly, even probably. A look at the data for the last 10 years
shows that the population overall is growing exponentially, and as such,
any "genetic blip" not related to reproduction, such as a lack of
immunity to a particular disease or environmental factor, would also
likely grow exponentially. As these fish die out of the population, as
well as the population adapted to the "affecting factor X" reproduce,
the indication is that the population as a whole will overcome the
problem. And in a special little miracle of nature, such things manage
to occur without funding...

I mean, it's not as if there's any
evidence of any environmental problems affecting the continued robust health
of species anywhere......right?

EXACTLY! I mean, what's with the ridiculous ban on DDT and "Agent
Orange" and other good, wholesome chemicals? That's why if you take the
third letter of every other word in my original reply, you find a secret
message that says "Support the PAC of 'Republicans for the Use of Any
Chemical Our Yale Friends Now at Monsanto, duPont, BASF, and Other Good,
Noble Chemical Companies Might Wanna Sell' before they change the rules
and make it harder to bribe Congress..."


Eleven-and-a-half genetically healthy eagles....dick