Comments on: A "false positive" may shorten the outing considerable http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/ Fly fishing and fly tying for anything that bites Tue, 22 May 2012 15:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: KBarton10 http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/comment-page-1/#comment-1569 KBarton10 Fri, 16 May 2008 21:56:40 +0000 http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/#comment-1569 If memory serves you're not allowed to have "live" mussels in your possession. ditto for Northern Pike and all other targetted hitchhikers. It may be a violation of DFG code or it may tie back to something larger - like maritime law. Countries have to have legal grounds for preventing ships from berthing - disease, plague, etc ... a lot of these older maritime laws are used quite successfully to allow US lettuce to rot on a ship, once allowed to berth the produce is useless. Both China and Japan have used this tactic to enforce or appeal tariffs. I'm not good at the legal stuff - this is merely an educated guess. If memory serves you’re not allowed to have “live” mussels in your possession. ditto for Northern Pike and all other targetted hitchhikers.

It may be a violation of DFG code or it may tie back to something larger – like maritime law. Countries have to have legal grounds for preventing ships from berthing – disease, plague, etc … a lot of these older maritime laws are used quite successfully to allow US lettuce to rot on a ship, once allowed to berth the produce is useless.

Both China and Japan have used this tactic to enforce or appeal tariffs.

I’m not good at the legal stuff – this is merely an educated guess.

]]> By: fly fish chick http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/comment-page-1/#comment-1568 fly fish chick Fri, 16 May 2008 19:45:01 +0000 http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/#comment-1568 why is it 'illegal' to transport these mussels? I understand that a boat owner may carelessly transport them with a dirty boat, but the term 'illegal' implies to me that some conniving people are actively bringing them in? if so why? whew. tricky stuff cruising around the roads in CA! I'm glad you're keeping us informed -- good to be preapred in case a road trip oppty pops up why is it ‘illegal’ to transport these mussels? I understand that a boat owner may carelessly transport them with a dirty boat, but the term ‘illegal’ implies to me that some conniving people are actively bringing them in? if so why?

whew. tricky stuff cruising around the roads in CA! I’m glad you’re keeping us informed — good to be preapred in case a road trip oppty pops up

]]> By: Jean-Paul Lipton http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 Jean-Paul Lipton Fri, 16 May 2008 18:47:34 +0000 http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/#comment-1565 T-U, good point. I forgot that money rules above all else in protecting the resource. I should know better, since I deal with that on a daily basis. Leave it to the private sector to take a step to protect their own investment. It's sad that the general public doesn't view their water sources as their own investment to protect. :( T-U, good point. I forgot that money rules above all else in protecting the resource. I should know better, since I deal with that on a daily basis. Leave it to the private sector to take a step to protect their own investment.

It’s sad that the general public doesn’t view their water sources as their own investment to protect. :(

]]> By: The Trout Undergroundd http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 The Trout Undergroundd Fri, 16 May 2008 13:38:07 +0000 http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/#comment-1563 Jean-Paul: Don't make the mistake of thinking the inspections have anything to do with protecting fisheries. These efforts were spawned by water providers concerned that zebras/quaggas would clog intakes and transfer pipes. Judging by the state's treatment of the Delta, fishermen can pretty much go straight to hell. Jean-Paul: Don’t make the mistake of thinking the inspections have anything to do with protecting fisheries. These efforts were spawned by water providers concerned that zebras/quaggas would clog intakes and transfer pipes.

Judging by the state’s treatment of the Delta, fishermen can pretty much go straight to hell.

]]> By: Smellslikefish http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/comment-page-1/#comment-1562 Smellslikefish Fri, 16 May 2008 05:51:49 +0000 http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/#comment-1562 Guess the DFG and Fish and Game Commish are trying to maintain their own monopoly on introducing non-native species. Perhaps they're trying to deflect the embarrassment from the Lake Davis Pike episodes. Watch for mandatory registration of float tubes and consent to home inspections coming next. Maybe they can coordinate with the CHP and just run a roadside sobriety checkpoint at the same time. Guess the DFG and Fish and Game Commish are trying to maintain their own monopoly on introducing non-native species.

Perhaps they’re trying to deflect the embarrassment from the Lake Davis Pike episodes. Watch for mandatory registration of float tubes and consent to home inspections coming next.

Maybe they can coordinate with the CHP and just run a roadside sobriety checkpoint at the same time.

]]> By: Jean-Paul Lipton http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 Jean-Paul Lipton Fri, 16 May 2008 03:32:06 +0000 http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/#comment-1558 Wow, sounds like you guys are a lot more serious about preventing the spread of invasive species than we are in MN. I suppose it's just a matter of time before inspections are everywhere. Or maybe they don't do it here, because there are so many boats and so many bodies of water that it would be tough to effectively inspect a fair amount of watercraft to have any impact. Wow, sounds like you guys are a lot more serious about preventing the spread of invasive species than we are in MN. I suppose it’s just a matter of time before inspections are everywhere. Or maybe they don’t do it here, because there are so many boats and so many bodies of water that it would be tough to effectively inspect a fair amount of watercraft to have any impact.

]]> By: KBarton10 http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 KBarton10 Fri, 16 May 2008 01:37:29 +0000 http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/#comment-1557 Wally can be neutralized by Habanero-Peanut Butter icing on day old vending machine cupcakes. Disclaimer: No dogs were harmed in the filming of the funny-assed result now being shown incessantly on YouTube. Wally can be neutralized by Habanero-Peanut Butter icing on day old vending machine cupcakes.

Disclaimer: No dogs were harmed in the filming of the funny-assed result now being shown incessantly on YouTube.

]]> By: The Trout Undergroundd http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/comment-page-1/#comment-1555 The Trout Undergroundd Fri, 16 May 2008 01:29:10 +0000 http://singlebarbed.com/2008/05/15/a-false-positive-may-shorten-the-outing-considerable/#comment-1555 Wally the Wonderdog's already been trained to detect classic bamboo fly rods and microbrews on visitors to the Trout Underground World Headquarters (items will be immediately confiscated), so I guess a zebra-sniffing hound isn't entirely out of the question... Wally the Wonderdog’s already been trained to detect classic bamboo fly rods and microbrews on visitors to the Trout Underground World Headquarters (items will be immediately confiscated), so I guess a zebra-sniffing hound isn’t entirely out of the question…

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