Removing 10,654 Rainbows
Regional fisheries biologists recently crunched the numbers on their spring electroshocking efforts and report removing 10,654 rainbow trout from the South Fork of the Snake …
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Stop Dumping Your Pet Goldfish Into Lakes
We have all been here before. Released pet goldfish are growing to the size of a football and wreaking havoc on ecosystems in Minnesota and …
Goldfish on the Fly
Somebody’s pet goldfish is all grown up. North Syracuse angler Joe Selover landed a 14 ½ inch goldfish while fishing from shore with his 4-weight …
Asian Carp Getting New Name And A Public Makeover
I’ll have the filet of slap in the face. Illinois officials and their partners want to give the invasive Asian carp threatening the Great Lakes …
The Rats Evicted From Paradise
Palmyra had been an isolated and tranquil Pacific atoll, until a 20th-Century invasion of black rats arrived, setting the whole atoll’s ecology hurtling down a …
Catch of the day: 50,000 goldfish removed from Carver County waterway
Goldfish haven’t gotten as much attention as invasive carp, but they are causing significant problems in parts of Europe, Canada, and Australia as well as …
Against the Current
Invasive Asian carp is a national problem requiring a national solution. Against the Current explores the impact Asian carp are having on Southern and Midwestern …
‘Vampire fish’ gorged on Great Lakes trout
A sea lamprey has no jaw, no proper teeth, and no bones. Yet this predator can attach like a suction cup to a fish 100 …
Fishing for South Florida Tree Chickens
The population of green iguanas in Florida has grown rapidly in the past decade. The reptiles are not native to the state and were likely …
Florida’s war on weeds is killing fish and supercharging red tide
On any given day, helicopters and an armada of airboats fan out across Florida’s freshwaters to spray tank after tank of poison. Without the millions …