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Shipping Large Paddlefish |
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| Challenges galore with this one. This is a prehistoric fish
that is found only in the Missouri-Mississippi river system. According to
the CITES:
" sturgeons and paddlefish of the Order Acipenseriformes represent
a valuable renewable biological and economic resource that in recent years
has been affected by such negative factors as illegal fishing and illegal
trade, regulation of water flow and decrease in natural spawning sites".
The real truth is: Federal regulations and State regulations because of
CITES will not allow wild fish to be bred or reproduced, nobody catches
these fish any more, and nobody trades in them. Regulation of water flow
means; Locks, and Dams, 13 of them, on the largest river system in North
America, and among the largest in the world: by length (3,900 miles). There
has been over the past 70 years, an increase in runoff pollution, and a
decrease in the natural filtering aquatic grass lands. This is mostly because
of the construction of Levies to protect towns from flooding and to create
more agriculture land. The real solution is, not to regulate the fish to
the point of extinction like most socialistic government programs would
have it. The real solution is, to create the environment they can live in,
and to repopulate though breeding programs. One such comrade in this effort
is the Kentucky
State University that has one of the best aquaculture education
programs in the world. I consider the state of Kentucky to be a heroic leader
in the aquaculture farming of Paddlefish. Despite Federal government efforts
to exterminate this fish Kentuckians continue to persevere. I am not from
Kentucky but I would be very proud to live there. |
| Paddlefish can survive and live in almost anything. Paddlefish
can withstand ice water or 90 degree hot water. Paddlefish are big water
filter feeders that get to be as much as 100 pounds. They thrive in dirty
water like sewage treatment ponds with plenty of Daphnia, algae, microorganisms
to eat. Paddlefish have a great potential as a farming product for meat
and caviar. As near as I can tell the only obstacles are negative government
regulations and the potential for the accumulation of toxic pollution within
the body of fish. More research study is needed by all. These fish could
become the guardian of the waters as an leading indicator for pollution
contamination or just a great farming product. I have at least one customer
that wants them for display in a large tank. Accept for the hungry Alligators
the Paddlefish would make an interesting addition to a golf course here
in Florida. "Link"
electromagnetic radiation sensors. |
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Challenge 1 - Government
red tape
The Federal Fish and Game department in Washington DC
has one small office that is backlogged. The CITES permit for shipping
this fish could take 90 days or more to approve. This is assuming I submit
the correct form and there are 3 to choose from. I was advised by well
meaning people to choose the 2 forms that will probably not work. If I
pay them my $100 and have the correct form then I can ship this fish from
the farm after the form is approved in advance.
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Challenge 2 - Can
be done?
The experts with this fish all say the larger fish cannot
be shipped but the smaller ones are never a problem. Winter time is the
best shot since the fish requires maximum O2 levels and is quite capable
of taking very cold temperatures.
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Challenge 3 - Box
design
The box that I designed was meant for Long nose Gars,
a much skinnier fish that has all the razor sharp teeth and scales. The
tubes are 6 inches in diameter and the question is how large will the
tubes have to be and are they needed? How much water? The more the water
then the more the cost. No large airport at the farm location means the
fish will have to be trucked to Florida from Kentucky. This will require
a combination of all the problem challenges above. |
Challenge 4 - My
own Opinion
I think the CITES organization is based on power and
money and the more animal species that are in jeopardy of extinction then
the more money they (Europeans) make, if they loose a few species along
the way, then there is always something else to take its place. The more
money they make then the more money the people in charge put in their
pockets. The Fish and Game people are the same way in some respects. For
power and money; they hold their so called laws up, to degrade the honor
of a man, and uphold the honor of an animal. They do not care who or what
gets harmed in the process as long as they have their fat government jobs.
If you spend $100 million dollars to prevent some idiot form selling a
fish and make study of how quickly a fish is becoming extinct, then you
should not restrict the trade of farm raised products. It would be much
cheaper to remove some restrictions. I would very much like to see the
department of agriculture grow some balls, take control of this fish,
and other aquaculture in the good old USA. SEE: Mote
Aquaculture Power to the fish farmer! Send the bureaucrats
to hell please. |
| I am working on my bad attitude by contacting different organizations.
So far it has been fairly non productive but I will always have some hope
because it is a good cause. SEE: http://caviaremptor.org
and UF
and EFA. |
| In the mean time I will muster up the $100 for the permit
and keep trying to get the farm information so I can submit an application
to the Fish and Wildlife in Washington. Maybe in a few months I will be
able to ship the fish this next Fall when the weather starts to turn cool
again. I will pray for all the people that have an interest in these fish. |
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| Other links include:
Journal - Native
fish - Sea
Choice - Bill
Nelson In one ear - out the other - http://floridapaddlefish.com |
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