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- From: oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev)
- Subject: Re: brine shrimp
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.212924.12905@netcom.com>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 21:29:24 GMT
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- In article <1ek1j8INNlq6@gvgspd.gvg.tek.com> pjs@gvgdsd.GVG.TEK.COM (Peter J. Stonard) writes:
- >I read recently that a form of brine shrimp can be found in Mono Lake,
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- Yes, it's harvested for the aquarium industry.
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- >I plan to go there to take a look next spring, maybe take a net and
- >bucket along, too.
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- Most brine shrimp sources have exclusive collection rights assigned to major
- fish food industry companies. The recent spat of 2 major brands over the
- San Francisco Bay salt evaporation fields suggests that the tempers are a
- bit heated where it comes to someone coveting another's collection territory.
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- If you want to harvest there, do it in the evening, when you will be less
- likely to get harrassed by the exclusive harvesting licensee's employees.
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- >Anyone know if the shrimp are suitable for aquarium fish?
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- They are as far as I know.
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