On Sep 6, 7:19 am, "Wolfgang" wrote:
"Halfordian Golfer" wrote in message

ups.com...

From:

http://www.9news.com/news/local/arti...?storyid=76773

DENVER (AP) - A study led by University of Colorado researchers says
an effort to restore the endangered greenback cutthroat trout has been
using the wrong fish for two decades.

That a mistake like this is even possible invites the question of whether
the distinction between the two varieties is large enough and important
enough to get excited about. With ever more powerful and discriminating
analytical tools and protocols becoming available at a bewildering pace, we
are fast approaching.....in fact, we have already arrived at.....a point
where arguing about the validity of these distinctions becomes impossibly
complex......and inevitable. If the genome of the greenback cutthroat is
worth saving, well then, why not the genome of the trout (of whatever
species) of a particular watershed which, I can assure you, is different
from that in the next one over? At what point does the difference become
critical? Reductio ad absurdum.......the genetic makeup of each and every
fish is unique and thus must be conserved. The trouble is that with today's
technology there is nothing fundamentally absurd about the proposition of
characterising the genome of each individual fish.

That's the eternal prolem with reification.

(snip)

.sigh

Get over yourself. Hard as it must be for everyone to believe, this really
isn't about you.

Wolfgang

Let me be clear, Wolfman, the .sig is for you sweetums.

OBROFF: I guess there's a lot of old history in the greenback recovery
program including professors that could not be bothered with it at a
time where it could have made a material difference in the recovery.
It's really a fascinating story. That said, at about the same time,
the current wisdom foisted upon flyfisherpeople in general was the
notion that 'hatcheries were bad'. The flyfishing community in
particular has been ignorant of the critical role they play and even
the role of stocking catchable non-indigenous species that sell
licenses and pay for research. The ignorance continues but issues such
as this and the importance of research on other diseases such as WD
and BKD and advancements in the role of the hatchery far outweigh any
negative affects. My personal feeling is the anti-hatchery sentiment
grew from magazine publishers and flyfishing equipment manufacturers
and retailers that equated the issues of hatchery steelhead with the
fisheries of Colorado. It is a fact that over 90% of still water in
Colorado would be devoid of fish completely if it were not for the
hatcheries. While catch and release contributes to the economy in some
cases, the flagrant anti-conservation attitudes of some, under the
false ruse of ecology, continue. The 7 castles mud slide and water
release issues from the Pan come immediately to mind. If you're
concerned about cutthroat trout in Colorado, come on out and bonk a
brookie or a rainbow. These are the real threats.

TBone
A cash flow runs through it