Tuesday
Aug172010
Fly Fishing Yuppies are Destroying Rivers with Their Boots
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 12:01AM 
tagged gawker, invasive species in Humor, News
gawker, invasive species in Humor, News Entries in invasive species (27)
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 12:01AM Monday
Aug162010
Fly Fishers Serving as Transports for Noxious Little Invaders
Monday, August 16, 2010 at 12:00AM 
tagged didymo, felt sole, invasive species, sticky rubber in Environment, News
didymo, felt sole, invasive species, sticky rubber in Environment, News Friday
Jul162010
If You Can't Beat Em? Eat Em
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 12:00PM 
Illinois Guv Pat Quinn just signed an agreement yesterday to send as much as 30 million pounds of Asian carp to China.
LINK (Via: JS On-line)
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asian carp, fish in the news, invasive species in Environment, News Monday
Jul122010
Tastes Like Didymo
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 12:02AM 
We've got good news and bad news....
The good news? Invasive mussels in the Great Lakes might keep invasive carp from establishing sustaining populations.
The bad news? Invasive carp might be able to live on mussel shit.
Duane Chapman, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist and Asian carp expert, says the fish are remarkably resourceful at scrounging up meals. He says they likely could feast on the fields of cladophora covering the lake bottom, and they may even be able to sustain themselves on mussel excrement.
LINK (Via: JS Online)
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asian carp, invasive species in Environment Thursday
Jun242010
Uh Oh
Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 12:44AM 
An Asian carp was found for the first time beyond electric barriers meant to keep the voracious invasive species out of the Great Lakes, state and federal officials said Wednesday, prompting renewed calls for swift action to block their advance.
Commercial fishermen landed the 3-foot-long, 20-pound bighead carp in Lake Calumet on Chicago’s South Side, about six miles from Lake Michigan, according to the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee.
LINK (Via: Science News)
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asian carp, invasive species Monday
Jun072010
Didymo Found in Chile
Monday, June 7, 2010 at 12:00AM 
Must have been someone's felt shoes.
Didymosphenia, commonly known as “Didymo,” “Rock Snot” or “The Toliet Paper Weed,” has been discovered in New Zealand and North America and is now confirmed to have made its way into the Futaleufu River, in Chile’s Patagonia Region.
LINK (The Santiago Times)