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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Well Peter the difference is in my limi= ted view</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">is that Browns and Rainbows spread via = salt water<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">and CP are unable to do this. Browns ha= ve been reported<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">from PEI where they were never introduc= ed. Rainbows<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">on PEI took about 50 years to make an i= mpact from<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">an angling view. So we can expect both = to spread<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">slowly but surely. CP on the other hand= are like a grass<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">fire in the spring. They take up every = corner quickly!<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">The angling regulations in NS don't= favor the fishing of<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">either Browns or Rainbows. Night time a= nd salt water<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">are prime times for sport fishing eithe= r and both come into<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">fresh water late in the year and leave = early.</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">So I suspect the total numbers of eithe= r is under estimated.<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> But the laws </span> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">are made by 9 - 5 ers so I guess that w= ouldn't change!<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">But what do I know but I e</span> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">njoy the spring<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Hope you do too!<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-co= lor: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: rela= tive;" type=3D"cite"> On April 21, 2017 at 8:02 AM Hubcove@aol.com wrote: <br/> <br/>=20 <div> I always find it interesting that the chain pickerel comes up often as = an invasive species but I have yet to see any complaints or comments on bro= wn trout. </div>=20 <div> Peter Stow </div>=20 <div> Hubbards </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div>=20 <div> In a message dated 2017-04-21 5:40:00 A.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, dcr= ossland@eastlink.ca writes: </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-c= olor: blue; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"> <span style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; b= ackground-color: transparent;">I have to give you credit in your strategic = thinking and knowledgeable depth<br/>of retrospective!  If only certai= n departments would manage these fisheries,<br/>they might soon be over-fis= hed and the ecological nightmare created by naive<br/>or selfish sports fis= heries could be mitigated somewhat.  Why IS there a bag<br/>limit on a= ny invasive fish??  <br/><br/>Then again, I suppose we could extend th= is argument to the bag limits for<br/>ring-necked pheasant (noisy squawking= birds, though tasty... but not better<br/>than our woodcock and grouse) an= d the naturalized deer (deer that incur<br/>great damage to our hardwood st= ands, Canada Yew (with Cancer-fighting<br/>agents), etc, impacting the succ= essional trajectory of our natural forests,<br/>yet we spend a lot of tax d= ollars managing the herd and bag limits geared to<br/>keep them around).= 60; I'll take a moose steak any day over venison.  <br/><br/>Maybe= we can add it to the election platform soon to unfold.  I think we<br= />need an entire ecologically-based political platform in the next round.&#= 160; Our<br/>natural resources and native biodiversity are in trouble, both= on the land<br/>and in the water.  Then there's climate change ad= ded to the mix... ecology<br/>is "messy" and growing more complicat= ed.<br/><br/>Donna<br/><br/>-----Original Message-----<br/>From: naturens-o= wner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]<br/>On Behalf Of= John and Nhung<br/>Sent: April-19-17 7:52 AM<br/>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.= ca<br/>Subject: RE: [NatureNS] widowed goose and tasty tidbits<br/><br/>My = point was that if more people recognize pickerel as tasty, more people<br/>= will eat them (rather than throwing them back, for instance!).  <br/><= br/>I wish NS Fisheries would lift the "bag" limit on smallmouth ba= ss, as well.<br/>They are another disaster that doesn=E2=80=99t belong here= .  But here they are.<br/><br/>Enthusiastically-pursued fisheries have= a long history of reducing target<br/>populations ... <br/><br/>-----Origi= nal Message-----<br/>From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-o= wner@chebucto.ns.ca]<br/>On Behalf Of Donna Crossland<br/>Sent: April 19, 2= 017 7:29 AM<br/>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br/>Subject: RE: [NatureNS] wid= owed goose and tasty tidbits<br/><br/>Oh goodness!  I meant the GEESE = are tasty, not than the chain pickerel! No,<br/>no, no! Perhaps the pickere= l are tasty, too, but you'll not likely ever hear<br/>me say anything p= ositive with regards to that species.&