Record #:

5098

Author(s):

Kawk, Thomas J.; Pine, William E., III

Abstract:

In 1966, eleven flathead catfish were introduced into the Cape Fear River. They rapidly reproduced and spread into other rivers of the Coastal Plain. A popular game fish that can weigh up to 123 pounds, its downside is that it feeds on living things. It has decimated local catfish populations and sunfish and sturgeon species. The introduction was an unfortunate mistake. Since the catfish can't be eliminated, scientists are seeking ways to manage and use it.

Source:

Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 49 Issue 3, Summer 2001, p14-15, il

Subject(s):

Introduced fishes--North Carolina, Eastern; Catfishes--North Carolina, Eastern

Record #:

6676

Author(s):

Humphries, Bob

Abstract:

Two shipments of six thousand inch long northern pike fry were given to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission by the Ohio Department of Natural Resource's Division of Wildlife. The fish are being tried experimentally in six lakes across the state to determine if their introduction will help to control excessive numbers of gizzard, shad, and suckers. A concern is whether or not the pike will be able to survive and reproduce in waters far from its native habitat.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 22 Issue 7, July 1958, p8-10, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Lighthouses; Introduced fishes--North Carolina, Eastern; Esocidae

Record #:

7916

Author(s):

Venters, Vic

Abstract:

Flathead catfish, which were introduced from the Mississippi River into the Cape Fear River, can weigh close to sixty pounds. The fish is not popular with local fishermen as it is decimating other fish populations, like the sunfish. A recently passed local law now allows fishermen to electrofish for the catfish in parts of the Cape Fear River and in Sampson, Bladen, and Pender Counties. Only catfish are susceptible to this technique; bass and sunfish are not affected.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1990, p28, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Introduced fishes--North Carolina, Eastern; Catfishes--North Carolina, Eastern

Record #:

11574

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

Flathead catfish, natives of the Mississippi River basin, were introduced into the Cape Fear River. They rapidly reproduced and spread into other rivers of the Coastal Plain, including the Tar, White Oak, and Neuse. The introduction was an unfortunate mistake as the flathead is destroying a number of native fish populations.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 73 Issue 9, Sept 2009, p36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Introduced fishes--North Carolina, Eastern; Catfishes--North Carolina, Eastern

Record #:

28423

Author(s):

Tracy, Bryn H.; Jenkins, Robert E.; Starnes, Wayne C.

Abstract:

North Carolina’s river drainages continue to lose their faunal distinctiveness as nonnative fish species establish themselves and expand their distributions. In the Pee Dee River drainage of North Carolina and Virginia, thirty-four fish species, including three species of suckers, are nonindigenous.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 129 Issue 3, Fall 2013, p82-106, map, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish species--North Carolina; Introduced fishes--North Carolina, Eastern