Cutthroat Stalker » non-native

No Limits

Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:13:31 +0000

If you’re hankering for the taste of fresh trout, head over to the Flathead area of Montana and get yourself on one of the 6 lakes that had their trout limits removed. This is an effort to help restore the native Yellowstone cutthroats to 21 feeder lakes to the South Fork Flathead River.

North Cascades NP Stops Stocking Non-Natives

Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:00:52 +0000

Starting July 1, 2009, the North Cascades National Park management plan for the stocking of about 42 high country lakes is to stop stocking non-native species. Most of these lakes were historically fishless, and the hope from the NCNP is that they will become fishless again. Time and effort formerly involved in providing stocked fish in these lakes will be used to help other areas of Washington preserve and restore native populations of salmon, cutthroat trout and bull trout.

Fish Science – Evolution, Extinction and Stocking

Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:26:38 +0000

Three new fishy articles from Science Daily:

Evolution Of Fins And Limbs Linked With That Of Gills

ScienceDaily (Mar. 25, 2009) – The genetic toolkit that animals use to build fins and limbs is the same genetic toolkit that controls the development of part of the gill skeleton in sharks, according to a new study. Link to the whole article.

Why Certain Fishes Went Extinct 65 Million Years Ago

ScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2009) – Large size and a fast bite spelled doom for bony fishes during the last mass extinction 65 million years ago, according to a new study. Finish the articcle here.

What do you think, any implications for fly fishing? Who can predict, to the nearest millennia, how long before there’s an impact on anglers? (BTW – It sounds like there might be a niche market for piscatorial paleontologists—any takers?)

Study Assesses Impact Of Fish Stocking On Aquatic Insects

ScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2009) – The impact fish stocking has on aquatic insects in mountain lakes can be rapidly reversed by removing non-native trout, according to a study completed by U.S. Forest Service and University of California, Davis, scientists.

What do you think, should anglers encourage removing fish from areas where they are not native so native, non-fish species can rebound? What if we’re talking about your favorite tailwater?