Talk:Short-finned eel

message: This article is contradictory. It says that eel farming is incredibly complex and difficult, and the attempt was unsuccessful in NZ, then says that Aboriginal people and Maori's were eel farmers without any sources to back up this claim. Aquaculture involves the ability to be self sustaining & therefore the ability to breed the species, which is why eel aquaculture is quite rare. I have never read any evidence that Aboriginal people and Maori's solved the riddle of breeding eels in captivity. Alabama81bornandbred (talk) 03:02, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: claims of aquaculture require evidence

message: I am the first talk contributor on this page! What an honor. I read the short finned eel piece today after ordering eel at a sushi bar. Reading the piece I noticed the two references to eels making "good eating" which seemed funny. I mean, they are good eating if you like eating eels. Dioxinfreak (talk) 03:37, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: , I added the name to the lead before adding a significant piece of history re the first known aquaculture of the short-finned eel, and because I have just made a redirect from that name. You have also undone my copyedit, to bold the scientific name, as per WP:LEAD. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:10, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: nevertheless, the lead is entirely the wrong place to insert an indigenous name that is only used in a very small proportion of the range of the fish in this country.  If you want to add a section about the very interesting history of eel aquaculture in souuth west Victoria, please do.  You might also want to include some infformation about the recent discoveries regarding that, since the fires.  Such a section would be the appropriate place to mention the local indeegenous name for the animal.  All backed up by RS, as usual. - Nick Thorne talk 21:57, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , I have been working on Budj Bim for quite some time and still busy on it, amongst other things. I have included information about the aquaculture, recent discoveries since the fires, etc., but there is plenty more to do on that and related topics. Kooyang is fairly frequently mentioned in the literature about this World Heritage Site, and as this is one of the earliest known farming of this particular fish, it seems significant and worth a mention in the lead (you will see that I mentioned it in the History section yesterday). The redirect needs to point to the animal it actually refers to, not a related topic, IMO. Anyway I will get back here eventually. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 10:29, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The lead is meant to be a potted summary of the article. A name that is only used by some people from a very small proportion of the range of the animal is not approproate there.  If the redirect from the indigenous name points here, it is the animal it actually refers to, not some other, related, topic. - Nick Thorne talk 11:41, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Alternative name

message: 17.5% salinity as referred to in the article is nearly as saline as the Dead Sea. The referred link uses per mille, not percent. 17.5 % salinity is mid-range for brackish water. 31.151.19.150 (talk) 19:43, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Optimal salinity