12-10-2009, 08:37 PM
I have just read yet another news story about yet another invader into my beloved Great Lakes. :angry:
On the (teeny tiny) bright side, it *may* not really be here yet. But it was introduced on purpose, in yet another of those damned 'we will import something to control a problem that we created in the first place and we really don't need to look at the history of this kind of endeavour - damn the torpedos: full steam ahead' scenarios that we really, collectively, ought to know better than to try. The Asian Carp were *supposed* to help clear out the weeds and other 'detritus' that were in fish farms. <_<
Phragmites are newly invading in an extraordinary annual advancement and they look to be the worst of the lot. :o Two to five metre high grasses that can choke out everything else (including animals) and love waterfront are not welcome but are visible everywhere on the Bruce Peninsula now - in patches so far, but rapidly expanding patches. :unsure:
Zebra mussels have had their day too. I have had more than my share of cuts from them and I have watched how they 'cleared the water' with grim fascination.
Gobies have been another recent invader. Last summer, to my utter amazement, I could see about one every square metre as I snorkelled at my favourite swim spot.
And now I have giant carp to look forward to? The kind that want to jump into the boat with me and get up-close and personal? :blink: Or who will spawn in my bay and leave rotting 100 pound corpses on the beach? :blink::blink: And who, apparently, have the capacity to out-eat the local fish so we lose them too? <_<
I would ask 'When are we going to learn?', but I actually know that the answer is "NEVER"! ARGH!
There, I don't really feel much better for ranting, but I felt like doing it anyway. :P
On the (teeny tiny) bright side, it *may* not really be here yet. But it was introduced on purpose, in yet another of those damned 'we will import something to control a problem that we created in the first place and we really don't need to look at the history of this kind of endeavour - damn the torpedos: full steam ahead' scenarios that we really, collectively, ought to know better than to try. The Asian Carp were *supposed* to help clear out the weeds and other 'detritus' that were in fish farms. <_<
Phragmites are newly invading in an extraordinary annual advancement and they look to be the worst of the lot. :o Two to five metre high grasses that can choke out everything else (including animals) and love waterfront are not welcome but are visible everywhere on the Bruce Peninsula now - in patches so far, but rapidly expanding patches. :unsure:
Zebra mussels have had their day too. I have had more than my share of cuts from them and I have watched how they 'cleared the water' with grim fascination.
Gobies have been another recent invader. Last summer, to my utter amazement, I could see about one every square metre as I snorkelled at my favourite swim spot.
And now I have giant carp to look forward to? The kind that want to jump into the boat with me and get up-close and personal? :blink: Or who will spawn in my bay and leave rotting 100 pound corpses on the beach? :blink::blink: And who, apparently, have the capacity to out-eat the local fish so we lose them too? <_<
I would ask 'When are we going to learn?', but I actually know that the answer is "NEVER"! ARGH!
There, I don't really feel much better for ranting, but I felt like doing it anyway. :P
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake