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Re: A very Bad thing



I'd be nukeing those ponds ......


Robert Rice

Save A Native Eat An Oscar <:)((((<

Check Out the Native Fish Conservany at NFC at actwin_com

On Fri, 26 Jun 1998 18:59:52 EDT LawrenceT5 at aol_com writes:
>Here is exerpt from the APHIS Aquaculture Industry Report from August 
>1997
>
>
>
>APHIS Aquaculture Industry Report
>August 1997
>United States Department of Agriculture
>Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
>
>New Aquaculture Threat in Georgia 
>
>     The Asian eel (Monopterus albus), in the United States a 
>descendant of
>exotic aquarium pets set free in the wild, is adapting, reproducing, 
>and
>making itself at home in several south Georgia ponds.  The eel, a 
>flesh-eating
>predator that can grow as long as 3 feet, has been found in three 
>ponds thus
>far.  Officials fear this exotic predator may soon find its way into 
>Georgia's
>streams and rivers and from there infest not only Georgia but Alabama 
>and
>Florida as well. 
>
>

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