> >I have always wondered why South Australians (Crow Eaters) always put
> >river before the river's name. I guess it is just because they are SO
> >backwards...... :-)
>
> If we were to call it Torrens River we would confuse our Eastern neighbours
> before they got to the River part. :-)
Only if they didn't realize that it is not a torrential river. It is
reasonable where it goes through the gorge. By the time it hits the city
it is about as tranquil as you can get. :-)
> Its nice to see an effort made but to be honest with you the display sucked.
> The fish looked very poorly and the tanks didnt really represent appropriate
> bio-types.
Bio types are an imaginary utopian thing that aquarists fool themselves
over and waste their time tying to achieve. :-)
> Other than that it wasnt bad for a bunch of old farts, good to
> see they could stop discussing politics for five minutes and actually do
> something fish related.
Agreed. :-) Politics has dominated the South Australian fishkeeping
hobby (in all clubs) for many years, long before any native fish group
existed.
> The weirs serve no purpose in my opinion other than to trap rubbish. The
> Linear park project has really screwed things up as well. Now how did these
> exotic natives get into the torrens system? There are only a select number
> of people in SA that even know Australia has fw natives. If its not them
> then the EPA cant be doing a very good job.
I agree regarding the weirs. In terms of fish introductions you also have
the problem of bait transfers and contaminents from hatchery releases.
It is worrying though given that rainbows ARE being translocated. One
of these days ANGFA will wake up and realize there is a problem (actual
or potential) and at least put together a position statement recognizing
the problem and demonstrating that they are educating their members as
to how to prevent it. :-) I certainly haven't been able to wake them up
with my efforts. :-)
> >> The great thing is you
> >> have to be under 12 years old to keep your catch.
>
> With all Alans talk about hanging around the banks of the Torrens it sounds
> like this could be a new venue for him. :-)
That was just too excellent!
Hooroo
Peter J Unmack peter.unmack at asu.edu
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