have you voiced your concearns to f&w about this and thier lack of response ? what did they say ?
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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
There is something we are missing for sure. That being said the population appears to be growing and their range increasing into the Red Deer River. I see this is significant facts that point to a problem. Maybe someone had orange goldfish in their heads and did not understand the Prussian Carp. Maybe someone did not want to spend money. Maybe the relevance is lost in F&W if they don't have an "Invasive Species Taskforce" set up to understand all the risks from a cost, ecology risk perspective.
I bet you if most of us were unaware...likely some in F&W were unaware.
Urgency in invasive species infiltrations comes from a set defined process within the government body that is responsible.
Emergency response plans are in place for everything...except invasive species threats I suspect. Release some oil into a river...BAM ...a plan is set into play. Release a toxic cloud of gas..BAM ...a plan is set into play. Release an invasive species into Alberta...BAM...nothing happens...after a few years someone stumbles into the species...puts it in a report...tells F&W... Few years later...someone does a study...finds some. Few years later...someone does a species composition study...finds the species population and range is expanding...then what...few years later do a study to understand the effects of the introduction? That is where I draw the line. We don't study the effects...reactive invasive species management is stupid on the best of days. Proactive invasive species management is required and a detailed publicly displayed response is needed to show leadership on this issue.
There should of been a first strike policy when it was first discovered.
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