disgustipated Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 WCMM are not native to NZ. there are not many people at all breeding natives, but plenty breeding WCMM. whitebaiting should be banned!! i have even stopped eating whitebait, even though i loved it, once i found out the ugly truth behind the effect whitebaiting has on our native fish i won't eat it or approve of anybody eating it any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 what has it done to our natives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 As opposed to catching them in a net and letting them suffocate? The ethical position is no different between feeding live WCMM ( which are a species basically extinct in their native habitat ), and whitebait, some of which are endangered here. WCMM will breed in just about any pond, could you breed shortjaw kokopu without a multimillion dollar lab and extensive research into hormone treatment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 WCMM will breed in just about any pond, could you breed shortjaw kokopu without a multimillion dollar lab and extensive research into hormone treatment? that's a technical issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 that's a technical issue.That hasn't been overcome yet (as far as I know) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 WCMM will breed in just about any pond, could you breed shortjaw kokopu without a multimillion dollar lab and extensive research into hormone treatment? yes you could Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 yes you could By letting the survive in the wild, not eating them or feeding them to other fish and letting them do it naturally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 what has it done to our natives? nothing. eating baby animals has totally no effect on the adult population at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 who or what is eating baby animals? You have super lost me now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 whitebait are baby nz native fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 yes i know this, but i am lost with the rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 if you eat their babies, then there will be less adults. follow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 so we are talking about humans eating whitebait not creatures eating them, now i am with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 that makes it sound like i went off topic... but what i'm saying is.. anything eating whitebait is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 although MIT are making good leaps forward in this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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