Record #:

6778

Author(s):

Kibler, Dan

Abstract:

Fishermen sometimes move fish from one body of water to another in hopes of creating a new fishery, and in so doing, often create a new problem. \"People can bring fish in by the thousands, and nine of ten times, it doesn't help or hurt anything, but that tenth time, it ruins everything,\" says David Yow, a fisheries biologist for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The best advice biologists give to fishermen is to leave fish stocking to the pros. Kibler discusses what can happen when a species is introduced into waters where it doesn't belong.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 68 Issue 8, Aug 2004, p20-25, il

Subject(s):

Animal introductions