10-28-2010, 03:13 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Probably the single greatest argument against wholesale random introductions of new species is that we can never REALLY know what the final outcome WILL be. Some species CAN adapt...and others can't. And sometimes the replacements turn out to be worse than the longtime residents. And even though we can usually predict at least a short-term effect there is no way to project the long-term effects of altering the fishy ecosystem. Carp are a good example. But in those days their game plans were not subject to good biology...just politics and hope.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just a wild guess but that might be a good part of the reason why DWR prefers to take it slow and do extensive studies before just dumping in a bunch of new species and saying "Let's see how that works out."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Seems like no matter what water or species we discuss on the boards there are those who oppose whatever DWR is doing...or wants to do. Much better to have a job as a weather forecaster where you can keep your job even when you are wrong a lot. Wouldn't wanna be a DWR employee. No matter what they decide they are ALWAYS wrong to somebody.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just for the record. I do not disagree with most DWR policies (well, maybe a few). And I NEVER advocate dumping in any new species until they have finished all the studies and certifications and given the green light. It is great to be an "armchair" biologist and to keep second guessing their past decisions...or bitching about their apparent lack of interest in improving existing fisheries. But I applaud them for the fisheries they have established and maintained IN SPITE of all the inherent problems of running the Division in a state that has no water stability and such a wide variety of species and waters to oversee.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just a wild guess but that might be a good part of the reason why DWR prefers to take it slow and do extensive studies before just dumping in a bunch of new species and saying "Let's see how that works out."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Seems like no matter what water or species we discuss on the boards there are those who oppose whatever DWR is doing...or wants to do. Much better to have a job as a weather forecaster where you can keep your job even when you are wrong a lot. Wouldn't wanna be a DWR employee. No matter what they decide they are ALWAYS wrong to somebody.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just for the record. I do not disagree with most DWR policies (well, maybe a few). And I NEVER advocate dumping in any new species until they have finished all the studies and certifications and given the green light. It is great to be an "armchair" biologist and to keep second guessing their past decisions...or bitching about their apparent lack of interest in improving existing fisheries. But I applaud them for the fisheries they have established and maintained IN SPITE of all the inherent problems of running the Division in a state that has no water stability and such a wide variety of species and waters to oversee.[/#0000ff]
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