new info on quagga and zebra mussell control

[john1947]

HSi I just watched this video on you tube. They mentioned two controls now in the works.One is a dead bacteria and a parasite that feeds only on the mussells and causes death Hope they work.

Silent invaders Season 1.quagga and zebra mussell control

[fish or swim]

http://marronebioinnovations.com/products/zequanox/

Zequanox®

Control Invasive Zebra and Quagga Mussels

[Chas0218]

I thought the zebra mussells were more of an asset than a pest. I must be missing something.

[Jolly II]

Chas,

Zebra and Quagga muscles are far from an asset to the Great Lakes. As far as all the invasives ever brought to the Great Lakes, they have probably been the most destrcutive invader to fisheries, local water authorities, and riparian owners.

From a fisheries stand point... they filter out plankton, they very base of the food chain. Without the plankton the lake cannot support as many prefish, like alewives, smelt, emerald shiners, etc., all the fish that the preditor fish, that make up our awesome fishery, feed on. Despite that, Lake Ontario has slowly made a come back to the hay days of the fishery that we saw in the late 80's and early 90's

Ask any of the long time fisherman and charter captains on here what they've done. Not to mention they completely ruined a multi-billion dollar commercial whitefish industry on Lake Michigan.

Simply put. They are really bad news!