12-10-2009, 08:53 PM
Quote:I have just read yet another news story about yet another invader into my beloved Great Lakes. :angry:Import Nile Perch to control them.
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. <_<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_perch
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