Re: commercial breeding of rainbows in Aust.

Alan Salmon (asalmon at mat.army.defence.gov.au)
Mon, 12 Aug 1996 12:33:59 +1100

Cyrus Roussilhes wrote:

> what I want to know is: is this guy an ANGFA member? Because ANGFA can
> sure benefit from him and vice versa! Could the farming of rainbows be
> detrimental to the environment (its already been debated to death!!) in
> this example, how will the australian hobby be effected (most important
> question? Wouldn't a trip to this farm be a highlight on any ANGFA, IRG
> and RSG members calendar?
>

Cyrus,

Bruce is certainly a member of ANGFA(ACT) and I suspect ANGFA National. he was present at the last ANGFA conference in Canberra and I'd be
surprised if he didn't attend the Victorian Conference.

Bruce has beeen a good "friend" to ANGFA (ACT) and appears to have a conscience - vis a vis his actions after examing a certain "public"
aquarium that he had supplied fish to previously - at that time he demonstrated a clear concern for what happened to fish he had bred and sold.

I suggest you talk to the banana benders about him - Dr Bruce and Adrian are (I believe) well aquainted with him and his fish farm.

I remember at the ACT Conference he had a series of laminated photes of his farm - mostly aerial shots and it appears to be quite an
undertaking - something in excess of 30 ponds (from memory).

Cheers