Natchitoches NFH Makes New Partners to Help Tell the Truth about Alligator Gar.

Fleur de Lis Fisheries 3 (8): 1-3.

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For nearly one-half century, people have given Alligator Gar a bad reputation as a “trash fish”. When people ask us “Why are you raising Alligator Gar at Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery?”, we try to explain how as the largest, native, freshwater predator in North American these fish are a possible means to control the populations of invasive species such as the Silver and Bighead Carp.

Though Natchitoches NFH receives an average of 6'700 visitors a year, we want to spread the truth about Alligator Gar to a larger audience, and partnered up in August with the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler Texas, The Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park in Dallas Texas, and Bass Pro Shops to help carry our message to a greater number of people than we would encounter at the hatchery alone.