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Crispy
03-22-2012, 02:01 PM
thought I would share

one article about a new idea to decrease goby populations by trapping females with pheromones....

http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Goby+fish+control+study+makes+scents/6332932/story.html

and another about an endangered snake's rebound from eating gobies....

http://www.windsorstar.com/news/With+gobies+menu+snake+species+rebounds/6340445/story.html

KingFisher
03-23-2012, 01:22 PM
Interesting articles. These invasive species are really hurting the lakes. They need to find better ways of preventing them from being released.

skullduggery1
03-23-2012, 01:53 PM
Thoses are some interesting articles.Quite a few years back,I did a behind the scenes at the toledo zoo aquarium,and they had quite a few aquariums with some round goby "experiments" in them.I would say at least 30% of the fish caught of the Metzger's marsh pier are goby.I hate to do this(they are very cute)but,I usually toss them onto the pier for the gulls to fight over.

Crispy
03-23-2012, 01:58 PM
Thoses are some interesting articles.Quite a few years back,I did a behind the scenes at the toledo zoo aquarium,and they had quite a few aquariums with some round goby "experiments" in them.I would say at least 30% of the fish caught of the Metzger's marsh pier are goby.I hate to do this(they are very cute)but,I usually toss them onto the pier for the gulls to fight over.

it's the law that if you catch them, they must be killed. at least it is here anyways... I don't feel bad cutting their little heads off. :11:

skullduggery1
03-23-2012, 02:07 PM
it's the law that if you catch them, they must be killed. at least it is here anyways... I don't feel bad cutting their little heads off. :11:
Yes,the same here.Wish it was the same for the white perch.