"Blinky the Shark" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>
>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>>
>>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lou wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've got orange roughy thawing for dinner and I think I'd like
>>>>> to deep fry them and make hush puppies.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not generally a tree-hugger and I rarely get preachy, but were you
>>>> aware
>>>> that orange roughy is endangered?
>>>
>>> Is there a "best source" you can provide for a list of endengered
>>> species?
>>> What organization is actually the final authority on these? Or can
>>> anybody that loves chihuahuas put up a website about their "endangered"
>>> status and if enough people believe...really believe...they (the
>>> chihuahuas!) will become so?
>>
>> The problem with orange roughy is that they don't mate until
>> they are years old. I wouldn't buy it, it is endangered.
>
> Cite, please. No, not a blog. An actual authority, as I requested.
> Again -- where are the authorities for endangered species?

I used endangered in the generic sense, not the legal sense. This
wikipekia entry uses better words.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_roughy

nancy