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Monday, May 7, 2012

Eliminating an Invasive Predator: Lessons From Lake Davis Pike


It was like the loud crash of an old Batman episode: BOOM!! KAPOW!!  The shock waves from the explosion tore through the water and blew the fish apart from the inside by fatally rupturing the gas filled swim bladder, the organ designed to provide buoyancy in the water column.

Desperate times and previous blunders had led the California Department of Fish and Game to attempt some unusual eradication