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[schnip]

even though humans create 99% of these problems if not 100%---it stands to reason to not let "humans" try and control our parasitic activity to this planet in general as we are infamous for putting very expensive band aids over broken bones.....at the rate we are travellng with experiments gone wrong---the next generation will see trout sitting on overpasses--fishing for us....

[Alfiegee]

But there is a difference between an invasive species and a non-native species. At least in the biology field there is.

Really??? I'm going to assume you would consider a Brown Trout a non-native as opposed to an invasive. I could be wrong.
Do Browns not eat smaller Native Specks? Who just happen to be my fish of choice and are rapidly disappearing. Not that Browns are responsible for the disappearance of Specks, or that I mind fishing for Browns. The invasive species, humans are responsible for the decline of Specks, not only because of uneducated anglers, but because of our need to destroy their habitat to create ours.

Alfie.

[NiagaraSteel]

GOBIES-KILL KILL KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things I do with gobies:
-feed them to birds
-Chuck them in the garbage
-squish them with my rod butt
-leave them on the pavement

It is illegal to release gobies. If you don't beleive me you can look in the fishing regulations. I like torturing gobies!!!!
I think OFF should start an annual goby and zebra mussel killing day. We could move from port to port, serving lunch and dinner. We could bring scuba gear and light fishing rods and just dangle a worm in the water and throw gobies in a garbage bag all day long! It would be fun!

Catfish

[NADO]

Really??? I'm going to assume you would consider a Brown Trout a non-native as opposed to an invasive. I could be wrong.
Do Browns not eat smaller Native Specks? Who just happen to be my fish of choice and are rapidly disappearing. Not that Browns are responsible for the disappearance of Specks, or that I mind fishing for Browns. The invasive species, humans are responsible for the decline of Specks, not only because of uneducated anglers, but because of our need to destroy their habitat to create ours.

Alfie.

That question can be a tough one to answer. I cant really give you an answer for that, I would say they probably are invasive but their effects are nowhere near as substantial as that of Common Carp and Gobies.

These arent my opinions, im just referring to the way the the scientific community looks at these situations. This is their life work after all. They don’t refer to all non-native species as invasive and their are plenty of disagreements and conflicting reports on the Brown Trout topic. Now as for Gobies and Common Carp; I think you would be pretty hard pressed trying to find an aquatic biologist who would argue that they aren’t invasive.

[salmonkid]

If someone started taking salmon out of the rivers id be pissed