I could really care less whether they introduced bass in AB. If they took hold and became a viable fishery, I'd probably take advantage of it, but otherwise, a put and take system to catch tiny fish has no appeal to me.
After reading through a lot of this thread, my objective opinion is that the "pro" bass side has made a much stronger case than the "anti" bass side.
Simply repeating over and over again that something bad MIGHT happen (aka the precautionary principle apparently) isn't much of an argument in the face of all the evidence to suggest that the risk is very minimal in AB. The argument opposing the potential costs is also kinda weak. Between existing government stocking funds that could be redirected and fundraising by those that support bass stocking it should be pretty easy to come up with the funding necessary to get things started.
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