Luke
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Bruce Stallsmith wrote:
> The short answer as to why introduced predators are bad: Nile Perch (Lake
> Victoria, Africa). For that matter, the effects of various _Micropterus_
> bass species spread all over North America are still poorly understood.
> There shouldn't be _any_ bass east of the Hudson River, and probably not
> west of the 100th parallel. That genie is long since out of the bottle, of
> course; just because _I_ think that bass fishing is mind-bendingly boring
> don't mean squat.
>
> --Bruce "Extreme Fishing" Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
> (yeah, largemouth bass is the state fish of Alabama!)
>
> >From: "Edward Venn" <e_venn_at_hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> >To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> >Subject: Re: NANFA-- "river rabbits"
> >Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 04:35:38 -0000
> >
> >True, many of your exotics are our natives. What I don't understand is why
> >introducing predator fish such as bass or pickerel into the damaged
> >ecosystem would not bring it back into balance. A large, native to the
> >location, predator would quickly prey upon the eggs and young of the
> >introduced fish and help right this situation. This has been demonstrated
> >in
> >Australia where Murray Cod, Baramundi and Australian Arowana have
> >successfully eliminated Grass Carp populations. Granted of course that the
> >three fish I mentioned can get to 1-2 meters in length and are
> >piscivores/carnivores that will not hesitate to take anything that comes
> >their way.
>
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