Bloater are native to the Great Lakes. The feds are all about restoring native species. Restoring native species should be a high priority IF the species are highly successful and it doesn't disrupt the multi-million dollar fishery. Bloater could be a positive for the fishery. Without experimenting, they will not know. Lakers could key in on them and put less pressure on alewife. We all know a diverse diet is healthier for ALL the species in Lake Ontario. It can't hurt to experiment. I would rather see them dump money into a Bloater experiment than expanding the Atlantic program.