RE: NANFA-- "river rabbits"

Edward Venn (e_venn_at_hotmail.com)
Wed, 07 Mar 2001 08:35:51 -0000

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I can't see how you could have a problem with various species of Asian
carps. Since the introduction of Black Bass and various sunfish into
Japanese waters, the carps in affected rivers and lakes have been decimated.
Currently, introduced species of livebearers such as platies, mollies,
guppies, girardinus have adversely affected the populations of medaka,
gobies and minnows. Bass, sunfish, gar pike and pickeral species are slowly
working on the carp populations with the Chinese Grass Carp being the worst
affected.

Edward Venn
Tokyo Japan
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>The Fall 2000 issue of PEER (Public Employees for Environbmental
>Responsibility)just arrived. It contains an article titled "Exotics Swamp
>the Mississippi" about the rapid spread of Asian carps, particularly
>bighead
>and grass carps. It also warns of the dangers of introducing black carp
>which the Australians now call "river Rabbits" due to their "high rate of
>reproduction and voracious appetites."
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