RE: NANFA-L-- Re: Chinese Sturgeon on AquaBid

Irate Mormon (archimedes-in-bayspringstel.net)
Thu, 11 May 2006 22:13:20 -0500

Ah yes, The Screwfly Solution. Wouldn't work with gambusia, I think.

-Irate

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org [owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org] On
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>Jerry Baker
>Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:58 PM
>To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Re: Chinese Sturgeon on AquaBid
>
>Todd D. Crail wrote:
>> Or a single female gambusia. ;)
>
>Would it work to release thousands of sterile gambusia into a system on
>order to halt the reproduction? IIRC they only live a couple years max.
>You would hurt the system for the next couple of years, but it could
>eradicate them.
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