> I didn't see anywhere there what precautions are being maintained to
> prevent diseases acquired during captivity being passed on to fry and then
> back to the environment in those species where this as allowed to happen.
My impression is that this is handled by fisheries since all NFA fish go
to them first for some time before they get released. I have no idea
what kind of vetinary controls they have in place. Also too, disease
problems in these fish in captivity are pretty rare unless they are fed a
lot of wild caught live foods, especially during summer. The most common
food is frozen carp fillets. Typically during warm weather feeding is
decreased in an attempt to avoid problems 'cause this is when the fish
are normally most environmentally stressed. This doesn't excuse
controls/caution, but at least risks are lower.
Peter