Welcome to the Official Forum of NANFA

Introduce yourself to the forum here

NANFA Organization

1. Convention Archive,
2. Grant Programs,
3. Breeder's Award Program

All about the NANFA Organization

Announcements

Any news will be posted here

Forum Questions? Bugs? Comments?

Post any of these here

Website Redesign - Share Input

The Tech Committee is looking for your input about the website. Your input will help us with updating the website and making it more effective.

New to Native Fishes

Forum dedicated to those just becoming interested in our native fishes

Scientific Discussion

1. Document Library

Discussion of the the more "nerdy" topics. Taxonomy of Cyprinids, Stream population dynamics, and the use of sodium receptors in migration to ancestral rivers are all game here

Conservation and Ethics

Discussion on ethics and conservation efforts

Collecting and Sampling Discussion

1. Micro Fishing,
2. Nets and Sampling Gear,
3. Shipping and transporting fish,
4. Snorkeling for Natives,
5. Trip Reports

Collecting, sampling, snorkeling, and general fish watching discussion

Regional Outreach

1. East,
2. Midwest & Canada,
3. South,
4. West

Use the following forums to setup meets, collecting trips, etc

Fish Groups

1. Ancient Fishes,
2. Catfishes,
3. Minnows and Suckers,
4. Pikes & Mudminnows,
5. Killifishes, Livebearers and Pupfishes,
6. Sunfishes and Basses,
7. Pygmy Sunfishes,
8. Darters and Perches,
9. All Others

Discuss specifics about fish groups within these sub-forums

Advanced Captive Care

1. Live Food Cultures

Questions and discussions dealing with captive care for non-specific species

General Discussion

If it is fish related and doesn't fit anywhere else, it goes here

Identification Assistance

Unknown fish must be photographed in the field. Photos from home aquaria will not be accepted.

Books and Other Publications

A forum to ask questions and discuss the various native fish related publications

Pictorial ID Key of Known Fishes

1. Northern Lampreys,
2. Sturgeons,
3. Paddlefishes,
4. Gars,
5. Bowfins,
6. Mooneyes,
7. Freshwater Eels,
8. Herrings and Shads,
9. Minnows and Carps,
10. Suckers,
11. North American Catfishes,
12. Pikes,
13. Mudminnows,
14. Smelts,
15. Salmonids,
16. Trout-Perches,
17. Pirate Perches,
18. Cavefishes,
19. New World Silversides,
20. Topminnows,
21. Poeciliids,
22. Goodeids,
23. Pupfishes,
24. Sticklebacks,
25. Pipefishes & Seahorses,
26. Sculpins,
27. Temperate Basses,
28. Sunfishes,
29. Perches & Darters,
30. Drums,
31. Pygmy Sunfishes,
32. American Soles

Regulations & Laws w/ Forms & Permits

1. Alabama,
2. Alaska,
3. Arizona,
4. Arkansas,
5. California,
6. Colorado,
7. Connecticut,
8. Delaware,
9. Florida,
10. Georgia,
11. Hawaii,
12. Idaho,
13. Illinois,
14. Indiana,
15. Iowa,
16. Kansas,
17. Kentucky,
18. Louisiana,
19. Maine,
20. Maryland,
21. Massachusetts,
22. Michigan,
23. Mississippi,
24. Minnesota,
25. Missouri,
26. Montana,
27. Nebraska,
28. Nevada,
29. New Hampshire,
30. New Jersey,
31. New Mexico,
32. New York,
33. North Carolina,
34. North Dakota,
35. Ohio,
36. Oklahoma,
37. Oregon,
38. Pennsylvania,
39. Rhode Island,
40. South Carolina,
41. South Dakota,
42. Tennessee,
43. Texas,
44. Utah,
45. Vermont,
46. Virginia,
47. Washington,
48. West Virginia,
49. Wisconsin,
50. Wyoming,
51. Canada - Provinces & Territories

Forum dedicated to regulations & laws, forms and permits

Employment, Intern and Volunteer Opportunities

Post and look for job opportunities here

Photo & Video Gallery

1. Photography Discussion

Post pics and videos of native fishes

Commercial Vendors

1. Jonah's Aquarium,
2. BTDarters,
3. Zimmerman's Captive Raised Native Fish

Native Aquatic Invertebrates

Discussion of all NA native aquatic inverts

Native Plants

Discuss the use of native plants, their care and propagation here.

General Invasive and Exotic Discussion

Discussion involving what, where and what to do now that you found them.