Posted by msblucow on February 19, 2002 at 18:24:02:
In Reply to: Thanks for hunting down the actual source. posted by Kevin on February 19, 2002 at 11:01:23:
Didn't you post a picture a while back of you posing with a huge alpha male sheepshead you had speared? I remember some voiced their concern about removing such a wonderful specimen from the gene pool. I also remember some comment in response(may not have been from you) about the male sheepshead being way past it's breeding life, so there was no harm in taking it.
As it turns out, removing such a specimen can be potentially very harmful because he's actually in the prime of his breeding life, not at the end. Knowing this, would you be willing to refrain from taking alpha male sheepshead in the future?
For the record, I got this information directly from a marine biologist at the Long Beach Aquarium.