Re: NANFA-- swamp eel on NBC

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:28:43 EDT

Thanks for posting that story tip, Chris. I'm glad to see Wayne Starnes get
broad coverage for his work... and the report emphasizes how destructive
this kind of exotic fish release can be.

--Bruce Stallsmith
eel-free Huntsville, AL

>A story on the Asian swamp eel invasion in Florida was featured on NBC
>Nightly
>News with Tom Brokaw last night. It's good to see exotic fish "pollution"
>getting some attention from the mainstream media. You can view video of the
>"eel" (not a true eel, but a synbrachid) and read the transcript at:
>
>http://www.msnbc.com/news/480865.asp
>
>
>
>Christopher Scharpf
>Baltimore

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