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I dream about fishing in South Florida... just dipnetting for all of my aquaculture needs...

Legal issues aside... Introduced species almost never 'decimate' native species... They tend to reach an equilibrium with their ecosystem, just like any other species. The exceptions are almost universally flukes.

The free movement of goods and people across the face of the Earth means that many times many more species will become 'invasive' or 'established' in non-native areas, whether it is legal or not.

I break no laws, but I enjoy cosmopolitan biodiversity.
 
srikamaraja;3130472; said:
I dream about fishing in South Florida... just dipnetting for all of my aquaculture needs...

Legal issues aside... Introduced species almost never 'decimate' native species... They tend to reach an equilibrium with their ecosystem, just like any other species. The exceptions are almost universally flukes.

The free movement of goods and people across the face of the Earth means that many times many more species will become 'invasive' or 'established' in non-native areas, whether it is legal or not.

I break no laws, but I enjoy cosmopolitan biodiversity.
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I agree completely people make a big deal about what was probably the only piranha in the area.

I am ticked also but only because I didnt catch it lol.

S.Florida is a world of connecting MAN MADE canals so hot is the water during the summer May to Oct that only non natives frequent them.

You wont catch a native sunfish in such HOT water and native bass (not peacock bass) only pass through the biggest canals during this season eating cichlids.

A single piranha even if in a lake is no match for these huge bass and piranhas certainly arent spawning here nor in groups. It was just a once in a life time catch.

Its like Cuban treefrog and brown anoles which are blamed for wiping out green trees/anoles in some areas.
Meanwhile those areas have ALL lost close to all their green and replaced by cement or flat golf courses but its easier for the state to blame non natives.

# I am not a Cuban treefrog nor Brown anole paid lobbyiest :WHOA:
 
varanio;3124604; said:
Guys and Gals it was destroyed, they dont belong here. As far as I know it was probably a one time thing, I was there all day to see if I got another one.
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By the way what did you use for bait?
 
Lol, I reckon if somone caught a piranah in Australia it would make the news, probably be on the news headlines.
 
theres room for law change there, instead of saying you can not keep release or have a prohibited species there should be a law saying that if you catch a non native you may keep it or have a system/place that takes care of them either keeeping them or killing them.
 
srikamaraja;3130472; said:
I dream about fishing in South Florida... just dipnetting for all of my aquaculture needs...

Legal issues aside... Introduced species almost never 'decimate' native species... They tend to reach an equilibrium with their ecosystem, just like any other species. The exceptions are almost universally flukes.

The free movement of goods and people across the face of the Earth means that many times many more species will become 'invasive' or 'established' in non-native areas, whether it is legal or not.

I break no laws, but I enjoy cosmopolitan biodiversity.
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I have to disagree with you. Asian carps, zebra mussels, tilapia, rusty crayfish, ruffe and round gobies can decimated natives easily. South Florida is out of question because its mess with too many exotics around here. And even in Florida, they do not reach a permanment equilibrium. Manmade canals are hardly an ecosystem because there are plently random fish show up in various times (depends on what species idiots would release them into the canals). Black acra used to be dominant species in these canals but spotted tilapia overtake the canals. Walking catfish used to post a threat but now the populations was decreasing than in the past. Even invasives can replace other invasives easily so its hard to say that its balanced.

Now I hope there will be no populations of piranhas in Florida canals because I heard they likes to neuter animals while swimming in the waters. Sadly there are feral populations of piranha in other states (cant remember which one).
 
varanio i ammend you for doing the proper thing, at least someone caught the thing who knew what it was and didn't throw it back in without knowing!
 
MN_Rebel;3131652; said:
I have to disagree with you. Asian carps, zebra mussels, tilapia, rusty crayfish, ruffe and round gobies can decimated natives easily. South Florida is out of question because its mess with too many exotics around here. And even in Florida, they do not reach a permanment equilibrium. Manmade canals are hardly an ecosystem because there are plently random fish show up in various times (depends on what species idiots would release them into the canals). Black acra used to be dominant species in these canals but spotted tilapia overtake the canals. Walking catfish used to post a threat but now the populations was decreasing than in the past. Even invasives can replace other invasives easily so its hard to say that its balanced.

Now I hope there will be no populations of piranhas in Florida canals because I heard they likes to neuter animals while swimming in the waters. Sadly there are feral populations of piranha in other states (cant remember which one).
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I have looked for black acaras but none around your right I have been told they used to be all over but now rare. There are no pirahnas in the canals his was a once in a life time catch .
If a mammal was to swim in a canal pirahnas if established would be the least of its problems lol.

A big underwater "lizard" would zone in on it.
 
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