Craig Cagle wrote:

Hi all. I just watched a special program on National Geographic channel
about how water hyacinth is taking over Lake Victoria in Africa. They said
it doubles in area every 14 days! Apparently there is so much of it
fishermen get stranded in it for days and must be rescued. It's messing up
the ecosystem there as well as keeping people from making their only means
of income. And to think I wanted to put some in my pond this spring...
Craig



and now for the rest of the story


1st, Lake Victoria is about the size of NY state!


a resort hotel brought the WH in to clean the water
so people could swim in clear water BUT! then the WH
started taking over.


the resort hotel now brings in a fish to eat the WH,
the Nile perch (3'+ adult) and only worries about
being eaten by Nile Crocodiles.


the Nile perch now decides that the WH isnt as good to
eat as the local cichlids, haps. etc. and decimated
the indigenous fish population to near extinction
the only survivors were the smaller types that could
hide in the rocky areas.


a captive breeding program was started in the early 70's
to replace the near extinct fish but wasnt nearly enough
to restock the ind. species




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