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- Value over time
- Advanced immune systems
- Herbivorous to 100 pound meal
10% rule
- Associated Behavior Analysis
- Mission-Related Spinoffs
Value over
time: It is conceivable
over the 20 year everglades plan that if any of these fish survive then they
could get to be 200 pounds in the wild (world record). Not considering inflation,
with modest values, the roe could be 30 pounds and $9,500 at $20 an ounce. The
meat could be $5 per pound at about $1,000. This would make each fish retail
valued at $10,000 each from a $4.00 finger size, released into the wild. The
research value would be much greater depending on how much science goes into
the initiative. One would assume that the scientific community will escalate
over the next 20 years. Each fish could be tracked with an on board transmitter
and a history of that fishes travels could be logged into a data base. Over
a 20 year period, the jaw bone (only bone in the fish) could be sliced and growth
rings evaluated in a lab. These rings would include the pollution history coupled
with the specific location history (logged data) of each selected fish. This
would be much better than the very short term evaluations of the Gambusia
mosquitofish bioconcentration kinetics standard. If only one paddlefish out
of a million survives then even without the specific transmitter data, the information
could be the only direct long term evaluation available that precludes the complicated
accumulation within a food chain. The current short term evaluations of the
Gambusia will be outdated by the long term evaluations of the paddlefish. As
near as I can tell, on a truly grand scale then a $10M investment could easily
yield $10B within a 10 year period if you want to factor in all the potentials
of research, tourism, and ecology. This would be a nice retirement. Reality
is that 99% of them would probably be eaten within a few years and the Chinese
would get another good laugh. This could be equal to 1M frogs, 1M birds, 1M
turtles, that would not get eaten, and what would you pay for them? If a breeding
were established then this could be compounded over time.
See: Reservoir ranching
The Oklahoma project netted 1 million dollars from 1,700 females that were sacrificed for their eggs and meat. Total 7,000 pounds of caviar, 5 pounds per fish, and only $150 a pound ( retail $300); the million dollar mark was easy. Methods of harvesting eggs have been developed at the University of Kentucky that would allow the fish to live for another harvest 2 years later. These proven numbers might explain why there is such a hidden political agenda about these fish.
Advanced
immune systems: "Summary-.An identical pentapeptide, Asp-Ile-Val-Ile(Leu)-Thr, was found in both heavy and
light chains from the 19S immunoglobulin of Polyodon spathula (paddlefish).
This sequence is homologous with the N-terminal sequences of mouse and human kappa chains. The unblocked
N-terminus of the paddlefish heavy chain is like that previously reported for
the leopard
shark. The data lend support to theories for a common origin of genes
for immunoglobulin chains and to the hypothesis that unique preserved sequences
in the variable half of light chains have been conserved during speciation because
of their function in maintaining the tertiary structure of antibodies ".
Frankly this information is over my head. It does appear that the paddlefish
has much more going for it than just a regular fish. You could grow an entire
human arm or leg on the side of this fish. Tissue engineering, allows laboratories
to grow skin and cartilage for transplant in humans. Paddlefish are a cartilage
based fish that never get cancer. Can you hear me now?
There are a lot of unanswered prehistoric questions: Why will a common roach not rot? Why will my Paddlefish not get sick no matter how much I abuse them?
Herbivorous
to 100 pound meal 10% rule:
"When energy is transferred to the next trophic level, typically only 10%
of it is used to build new biomass, becoming stored energy (the rest going to
metabolic processes). As such, in a pyramid
of productivity each step will be 10% the size of the previous step (100, 10,
1, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 etc.)". Based on this concept then the paddlefish represents
a gigantic leap from the crude micro foods to being food for alligators or man.
All the food animals between are bypassed. It only makes sense that the simpler
food chain is the most efficient with a minimum of losses. What does this mean?
Ecological
pyramid Do the math!
The biological excretions as algae pellets serve as food for the micro-organisms that in turn serve as food for the very same fish. Daphnia as an example; are such that the more they get eaten then the more they reproduce, and the more they reproduce then the more Algae they consume, less means more are needed in the natural order of things. Too many Daphnia in the population and the Daphnia stop reproducing.
Researchers have accomplished a great deal in this generation to help preserve endangered species. SEE: Michael H. Hofmann or Glenn Northcutt
Associated
Behavior Analysis:
Paddlefish can be herded like cattle? Florida canals, as deep slow moving channels,
will be a magnet to these fish. Paddlefish are constantly feeding and moving
at the same time and will naturally position themselves head first into the
stream flow. This positioning saves energy, provides the best oxygen levels,
and a greater food supply. Paddlefish will avoid anything made of steel because
of the magnetic properties. A simple coral made out of thin steel pipe might
allow a boat to round up the herd, driving them into a netted area, particularly at night when food is attracted to a light. Experiments
with different frequencies might allow a finer manipulation of luring or persuading
from a great distance. Food and oxygen supply will probably be the number one
lure. Maybe a plastic tarp covering the steel gates of the lock will tell them
it is ok to go through, who knows? There seems to be a lot of room for creative
ideas and experiments that have not been accomplished in the past. Simply raising
and lowering the water levels in the everglades could provide the incentive
to spawn. Fish movements could provide a leading indicator of environmental
problems or changes before they are immediately evident. Fish with imbedded
transmitters could be shunned by the other fish or they could become the lead
fish of the pack. Tide in and tide out could get confusing to a fish that is
programmed for north and south. They could all stay in specific locations or
they could all end up in Lake Okeechobee. Chances are the fish will avoid salty
water and stay away from the ocean but they could travel in and out of certain
areas where the water is changing. There is no way to predict many aspects of
their traveling because there is no record for the Florida Everglades. Acoustic
transmitters imbedded into the fish at release will allow scientists to study
these movements with a network of solar powered receivers transmitting data
to satellite. This same electronics system can serve many functions for the
general monitoring of Everglades conditions such as water parameters and Manatee
movements. I do know that South Florida Water Management has transmitter stations
already installed and they are limited with old technology. My interview with
them resulted in the questions of elevated height, alligators, and computer
software.
Mission-Related
Spinoffs: The very
same companies that deal with the paddlefish can also deal with other issues.
Some potential business benefits might be:
- Grand filter experiments
"Grass Ladders"
- Natural plant and fish
culture "Green Jobs"
- Expanded Caviar exploitation
"Pay Checks"
- Tourist Concessions
- little plastic paddlefish
- Other projects involving
telemetry "Shared Resources"
- Oil and food production from processing scraps
- Wild Life and land conservation enhancement
Locating and counting fish
High
Tech : There is no
such thing as global warming in a contemporary sense. The term is synonymous
with future
shock (One red cent on Amazon) from an old socialistic perspective.
The politicians that promote this lie are socialist at heart so it might somehow
be real to them in their fake little world. The concept is a manipulation of
ignorance and nothing more. Tree ring evaluations provide the proof but the
current socialistic powers will not allow the truth to come out. Science should
concentrate on providing solutions for real threats, bridging the large gap
between creativity and science. This combination of creativity and science is
the basis for business economic success. By themselves they are relatively non
productive, no matter how hard they try, accept from an entertainment perspective.
The term "High Tech" was coined to distinguish a level of technology
that is above "Low Tech" so it is all relative to the job at hand.
High Tech; is a reflective level of a combination of science, and creativity,
not just simply complicated technology. The future is actually in our past if
we can learn from the past.
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