Alberta needs to stock European perch

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by EZM

Walleye are, in fact, native to North America.

Browns, Rainbows are introduced. They are not native.

Brooks are native to the east only, introduced to the west.

Bulls, Cutts and Lakers are native.

Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Strugeon (white and lake), as well as Whitefish (inconnu and ciscoes, lake and mountain whites) as well are native.

There a bunch more and long list of natives like grayling, etc..

To throw in a wrench.

Rainbows are native to the Peace drainage. Grayling are introduced into the Bow Drainage whereas they are only native to the Athabasca North and Belly River to the south. Technically Grayling in Bear pond is introduced but a sorely missed and amazing fishing opportunity.

Unfortunate Prussian carp and crayfish are going to ravage our native fisheries. Maybe sterile European perch would be great to add into a Prussian carp lake.

Fear is Alberta becomes a Prussian carp world.

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

To throw in a wrench.

Rainbows are native to the Peace drainage. Grayling are introduced into the Bow Drainage whereas they are only native to the Athabasca North and Belly River to the south. Technically Grayling in Bear pond is introduced but a sorely missed and amazing fishing opportunity.

Unfortunate Prussian carp and crayfish are going to ravage our native fisheries. Maybe sterile European perch would be great to add into a Prussian carp lake.

Fear is Alberta becomes a Prussian carp world.

Ive heard about prussians in pretty every much body of water in the south now. they arent going away. the crayfish are also every where. not going away either. everyone says we need sources of food for more fish, now they have them

[Smoky buck]

Originally Posted by WayneChristie

Ive heard about prussians in pretty every much body of water in the south now. they arent going away. the crayfish are also every where. not going away either. everyone says we need sources of food for more fish, now they have them

I am curious to see how the pike fair with the new food in southern Alberta

[AK47]

Originally Posted by Smoky buck

I am curious to see how the pike fair with the new food in southern Alberta

Not only pike. Both walleye and burbot are already stuffing their bellies with crayfish and prussians. I was comparing stomach contents of burbot in McGregor from first ice, 10 years ago - full of tiny perch and whitefish eggs. This year - full of crayfish and whitefish eggs.

[EZM]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

To throw in a wrench.

Rainbows are native to the Peace drainage. Grayling are introduced into the Bow Drainage whereas they are only native to the Athabasca North and Belly River to the south. Technically Grayling in Bear pond is introduced but a sorely missed and amazing fishing opportunity.

Unfortunate Prussian carp and crayfish are going to ravage our native fisheries. Maybe sterile European perch would be great to add into a Prussian carp lake.

Fear is Alberta becomes a Prussian carp world.

Technically - you are 100% correct on the rainbow - but that only pertains to the Athabascan subspecies which is isolated in that same (small) watershed (one of the few areas the continental divide was not the "natural barrier" between native and non-native rainbows/steelheads.

But you get my point anyways.

I'm just not a fan of introductions into parts of the watershed that are not geographically/physically disconnected and susceptible to a flood (or some other event) from washing an intended isolated species and introducing it into the entire watershed.

Kinda like stocking dirty flying Asian carp for farming next to river and a natural disaster causes a breach and unintended introduction. Happened in the US and caused the disaster they are dealing with now.