As always, your mileage may vary...
--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>But Tom French, assistant director of the state Division of Fisheries
>and Wildlife, said researchers must do more than prove the sunfish won't
>do harm - they'll also have to show they'll do significant good in the
>fight against mosquitos. That may be more difficult.
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>French said mosquito-eating fish native to the South haven't made much
>difference, even though they school in much greater density than banded
>sunfish.
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>"I'm extremely skeptical that there's any promise in what they're trying
>to do," French said. "(Banded sunfish) may eat mosquitos, but not in a
>quantity that's going to matter."
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