Subject: RE: NANFA-L--Snakehead News Story
From: Nick Zarlinga (njz at clevelandmetroparks.com)
Date: Tue Oct 05 2004 - 18:12:14 CDT
They have found juvenile lionfish as far north as long island.
Nick Zarlinga
Aquarium Biologist
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
216.661.6500 ext 4485
><)> -----Original Message-----
><)> From: owner-nanfa-l at nanfa.org
><)>
><)> Of Bruce Stallsmith
><)> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:35 PM
><)> To: nanfa-l at nanfa.org
><)> Subject: RE: NANFA-L--Snakehead News Story
><)>
><)>
><)> Another triumph for importing exotic species.
><)> Another version of this is
><)> happening along the southern Atlantic coast, with
><)> the continuous release of
><)> Indo-Pacific marine ornamental fishes. It's less
><)> clear that they're
><)> reproducing but I'd be in shock if they're not.
><)> Now you can collect your own
><)> lionfish, yellow tangs, etc.
><)>
><)> --Bruce Stallsmith
><)> still no snakeheads in the Tennessee
><)> Huntsville, AL, US of A
><)>
><)> >From: "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS"
><)> <Jan.J.Hoover at erdc.usace.army.mil>
><)> >Reply-To: nanfa-l at nanfa.org
><)> >To: "'nanfa-l at nanfa.org'" <nanfa-l at nanfa.org>
><)> >Subject: NANFA-L--Snakehead News Story Date: Tue,
><)> 5 Oct 2004 14:25:19 -0500
><)> >
><)> >From the Washington Post:
><)> >
><)> > Baby Snakehead Is No Bundle of Joy :
><)> Scientists Say Fish Is Breeding in
><)> >the Potomac and Can't Be Wiped Out
><)> >
><)> >By David A. Fahrenthold and Joshua Partlow
><)> >
><)> >Washington Post Staff Writers
><)> >
><)> >Tuesday, October 5, 2004; Page B01
><)> >
><)> >The latest northern snakehead fish found in the
><)> Potomac River may be the
><)> >
><)> >most significant yet: It's a baby, three inches
><)> long and proof that the
><)> >
><)> >Asian predator is breeding in native waters,
><)> scientists say.
><)> >
><)> >With the discovery last week in Alexandria,
><)> biologists now confront a
><)> >
><)> >scenario that was considered a kind of ecological
><)> nightmare. The snakehead,
><)> >
><)> >they said, will be nearly impossible to eradicate
><)> and could drive out other
><)> >
><)> >Potomac wildlife, even threatening the river's
><)> plentiful bass population.
><)> >
><)> >An Alexandria resident discovered this three-inch
><)> baby snakehead in a
><)> >
><)> >clump of hydrilla in Dogue Creek. Officials
><)> confirmed the finding, proof
><)> >
><)> >that the Asian predator is breeding in local
><)> waters. (Va. Department of
><)> >
><)> >Game and Inland Fisheries)
><)>
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: Fri Dec 31 2004 - 11:27:39 CST