I don't know if I can get any ABFs now because of the VHS in some of that lakes here. You can't import of export natives with out a note from a vet that says that the fish are healthy. Are ABFs conciderd United States native fish?

where are you geting these abf they are from interior alaska and I dont know if VHS has or will ever get up there btw they are considered a protected species in Russia just something I heard from these mean inn keeper from bethel

where are you geting these abf they are from interior alaska and I dont know if VHS has or will ever get up there btw they are considered a protected species in Russia just something I heard from these mean inn keeper from bethel

Either way you still need the note. It doesn't matter if they're protected in russia or not because Alaska is part of America

Either way you still need the note. It doesn't matter if they're protected in russia or not because Alaska is part of America

yes but there is a population in Russia

tried to find some info on these guys in Ontario. Not much out there.

http://nhic.mnr.gov....=180545#species

tried to find some info on these guys in Ontario. Not much out there.

http://nhic.mnr.gov....=180545#species

The page you mentioned says the fish died out in Ontario.

"Notes: Reported occurrence in the province was the result of an intentional, but ultimately unsuccessful introduction."

Yeah I found a few that said there were scattered populations but no info on them. Such a cool fish..

Yeah I found a few that said there were scattered populations but no info on them. Such a cool fish..

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Somebody has them in an aquarium here:
Alaska blackfish eats blackfish.wmv


Also. I found this:
http://www.wc.adfg.s...207&issue_id=37

The bottom-dwelling Alaska blackfish is one of the few species of fish in the world that are able to breathe air using a modified esophagus. This trait comes in handy for the blackfish that inhabit tundra pools and seasonal ponds which, during times of low precipitation, can morph into muck puddles. As long as the blackfish can wriggle down into that anoxic, smelly sludge and keep its skin from drying out, it can gulp air until the next rain fills its pond and oxygenates its water.

So keeping them shouldn't be too difficult if you can keep them cold enough.

Here are helpful links to Alaska Deparment of Fish and Game regulations and policies regarding collecting and keeping live fish in Alaska waters:

http://www.sf.adfg.s.../ornamental.faq

http://www.cf.adfg.s...s/forms_sci.php

I apply for annual ADF&G permits to keep Alaska blackfish for my research at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Blackfish prefer cooler temperatures but can be kept at 65 degrees F. Boiled sphagnum moss makes an ideal substrate, as they like to burrow for cover. They won’t accept flake food but thrive on a varied diet of frozen bloodworms, live ghost shrimp, snails, and feeder minnows. They are voracious feeders and become very aggressive during meal time.

Edited by FishofSchool, 15 January 2011 - 11:27 AM.