10-28-2010, 12:12 AM
"TD I was referring to the Lakers eating all the food starving out the other species.
I will be interested in how the Kamloops co exist."
[cool][#0000ff]I am sure that the DWR biologists will be closely monitoring the situation too...along with a lot of opinionated fishermen. No matter what happens somebody will want to blame somebody for whatever goes wrong and assume none of the responsibility if their ideas don't work.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I always like to watch from the outside and see what interesting turns the experiments take. As the famous line from "Jurassic Park" goes..."Nature will find a way." We are often surprised by how well a new species will adapt to a previously foreign environment...and how existing species will adapt to the new introduction.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A good example is the burbot. When they first showed up everybody was tearing out their hair and crying DISASTER. A few years later we are still concerned but we have not seen any species crashes. And, in spite of verifiable predation by burbot upon spawning kokanee and macks, there are still fish to catch. As I understand it, the kokes have taken a hit to their numbers, through nest raiding...but the macks seem to be eating almost as many small burbots as the burbots are eating small macks. And the macks need some thinning in their smaller sizes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Those who favor the other species are still screaming like wounded eagles whenever the subject of burbot comes up, but they have to accept there is nothing they can do about it. They are here to stay and they will establish their own niche in the ecology. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am sure that will be the case with the kamloops. They will move into their own level in the food chain and they will do fine. They will grow to a size allowed by the available food supply and they will provide a fishery of their own. Some folks will target them and learn their wily ways...and will do very well at fishing for them. Others will catch a few by accident, but most will not know the difference between them and the existing rainbow population.[/#0000ff]
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I will be interested in how the Kamloops co exist."
[cool][#0000ff]I am sure that the DWR biologists will be closely monitoring the situation too...along with a lot of opinionated fishermen. No matter what happens somebody will want to blame somebody for whatever goes wrong and assume none of the responsibility if their ideas don't work.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I always like to watch from the outside and see what interesting turns the experiments take. As the famous line from "Jurassic Park" goes..."Nature will find a way." We are often surprised by how well a new species will adapt to a previously foreign environment...and how existing species will adapt to the new introduction.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A good example is the burbot. When they first showed up everybody was tearing out their hair and crying DISASTER. A few years later we are still concerned but we have not seen any species crashes. And, in spite of verifiable predation by burbot upon spawning kokanee and macks, there are still fish to catch. As I understand it, the kokes have taken a hit to their numbers, through nest raiding...but the macks seem to be eating almost as many small burbots as the burbots are eating small macks. And the macks need some thinning in their smaller sizes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Those who favor the other species are still screaming like wounded eagles whenever the subject of burbot comes up, but they have to accept there is nothing they can do about it. They are here to stay and they will establish their own niche in the ecology. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am sure that will be the case with the kamloops. They will move into their own level in the food chain and they will do fine. They will grow to a size allowed by the available food supply and they will provide a fishery of their own. Some folks will target them and learn their wily ways...and will do very well at fishing for them. Others will catch a few by accident, but most will not know the difference between them and the existing rainbow population.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]And thus it always goes.[/#0000ff]
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