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great thread....
it's not all about numbers and the viability of eggs,,,because a 60 lb bass
has "sometimes" healthier or larger eggs....or you have to look at the genetics of the individual bass.... also... IMHO = .02 cents
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After watching this guy milking trout
for their eggs and then the same for male trout....to fertilize the eggs......,
it was facinating to see the production....and it should be done with stripers too but in a saltwater hatchery....the same as we've done for the oyster.
unfortunately,,,,in the natural environment of the rivers, where the eggs get deposited
there are many predators and egg eaters.....but if you were to have intervention and raise those eggs to maturity in a controlled environment the growth rate could be phenomenal.
we have reached the point where we can make chickens any color we want... fish that glow in the dark...you name it... we have genetic engineering down to a science so why not apply it to the striped bass.
I guess when you walk thru a chicken farm that has
several million birds in it....it changes your scope of vision.
Pheasants (non natives of america) are raised 22 million at a time...with chicks shipped all over the world for example.
a flower breeder once crawled thru row after row after row of
ten thousand flowers to find a single one flower that had aroma....
or fragrance.....
which he selected and then ceremoniously destroyed the 9,999 non aromatic flowers to breed that single genetic strain.
thats where, i think we should be heading....instead of only down the conservation trail.... managing... size selection.
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