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RE: Thoughts on SMP
David Ranney wrote:
>What is a species maintenance
>program for? If it's purpose is only to guarantee the availability of
>certain species or morphs to the hobby... snip
>However, there are some of us (and I think this is the position Steve is=
>coming from), that believe a SMP can be of benefit to both science and
>conservation...snip
I think the SMP can accommodate both. Categories that separate "species",=
"aquarium strains", and "populations" will play an important role here. T=
he
first two categories will deal with the hobby while the "population"
category can cover conservation of wild populations. =
Julio