Category: Moray eels
Using Derbies for Fishery Management
Could fishing tourneys be a valid fish management tool? Seems like it. Maybe they should be. Cases in point: > The Bonneville Power Administration in Washington state pays out over $1 mil a year for catching and removing pikeminnows (aka, squawfish), which prey on salmon. > An Aussie tourney – the Bellingen Eel Fishing Championships, [...]
Moray Eels Have Alien Jaws!
I’m watching one of the semi-gruesome nature shows all the rage these days, and a guy tells the story about how a moray eel – those angry-looking saltwater eels that live in coral – he was feeding thumb-sized bits of food to bit off his…thumb. Go figure. Anyhow, it’s how the thing bit off his [...]
