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Conservation Fisheries (CFI) in National Geographic

Started by Guest_gerald_* , Mar 19 2010 10:10 AM

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#1 Guest_gerald_*

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 10:10 AM

The latest National Geographic has an article on Conservation Fisheries Inc in Knoxville, which breeds rare darters, madtoms, chubs, shiners, killifish, pygmy sunfish, etc for restocking and recovery projects. Go to the CFI website for more detail on how they condition breeders and raise difficult fry. If you dont get the magazine, here's the online version:

Silent Streams - National Geographic Magazine
http://ngm.nationalg...chadwick-text/1

Edited by Drew, 19 March 2010 - 10:43 AM.
updated link to go to first page

#2 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 10:20 AM

I'm glad this article is finally out to tell a story to which 99% of the American population are totally oblivious.

#3 Guest_jblaylock_*

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 10:42 AM

I often read the CFI blog. I drive through Knoxville serveral times during the year and would love to stop by.. Does anybody know if they give tours? I would love to see their operation.

#4 Guest_farmertodd_*

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 12:54 PM

Joel Sartore also has a book out of his photographs:

http://www.amazon.co...69021258&sr=8-1

Todd

#5 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 10:11 PM

They do indeed give tours if you contact them ahead of time. Because they are such a small operation (personnel wise not what they accomplish by any means) I don't think you can just show up and expect a tour. I did so a couple years ago and it was very neat to see so many rare fish.

#6 Guest_gerald_*

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Posted 20 April 2010 - 01:32 PM

J.R.Shute and Pat Rakes of CFI gave a talk in Feb at the American Fisheries Society meeting on their work spawning, raising, and releasing rare darters, chubs, dace, madtoms, killifish, etc. That talk (and many others from this meeting) are available as podcasts here:

http://129.15.97.19/...Nongame_Species

Go to "Restoration of Nongame Specuies" and click on the 13th one down:
Captive propagation of rare fishes at Conservation Fisheries, Inc.: a twenty year overview.