The fish down here tend to get out competed for resources. Basically the natives lose out on food, shelter and breeding grounds competing with the natives. There's not much they can do. Some adapt to it and adjust to a new niche others just compete until it's gone if they are stuck in a pond. You get snakeheads in a closed pond (not connected to a canal) and they will eventually eat out the pond and move on.
The amount of invasive fish down here is rediculous, I used to go catch fish out of ponds to keep. I got a nice breeding pair of jags from a Miami canal. Its sad that it has gotten this bad. Though some fish like pbass were introduced here by fish and wildlife and others were escapes from aquaculture farms.
People are stupid. Lionfish were here when Andrew hit and a surge busted through a pet store and crashed the display tank of lionfish. 6 og them. Not horrible but when they were spotted by tourist on a tour diving and snorkeling they loved it so what do dive/snorkel companies do? Release more of them to get more business.
The amount of invasive fish down here is rediculous, I used to go catch fish out of ponds to keep. I got a nice breeding pair of jags from a Miami canal. Its sad that it has gotten this bad. Though some fish like pbass were introduced here by fish and wildlife and others were escapes from aquaculture farms.
People are stupid. Lionfish were here when Andrew hit and a surge busted through a pet store and crashed the display tank of lionfish. 6 og them. Not horrible but when they were spotted by tourist on a tour diving and snorkeling they loved it so what do dive/snorkel companies do? Release more of them to get more business.