Scott Seidman wrote:

Conan The Librarian wrote in news:ecmuij$das6$1
@news.swt.edu:

So are you in favor of Tim's last suggestion that they stock fish
capable of reproducing?

Just read the post that generated Tim's response. I guess you could say
that at some level, I feel that the bucket biology has already taken place,
and that if the state decides that they want to dump in fertile rainbow
trout and see what happens, it wouldn't be all that huge of a tragedy. The
"wild" trout that result within a few seasons would be every bit as
"native" as the brown trout in there right now. It's somewhat disingenuous
to make believe that the Battenkill fishery is pure in any sense of the
word.

I'm not saying it's pure, but it doesn't make sense to me to say,
"Well, we made a mistake stocking those browns, so let's add another
non-native species to compound the situation while we're at it."


Chuck Vance