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Invasion of the giant goldfish: Pets overrun local swimming hole 
By Julia Wright CA Source: CBC News 8/10/2019
Julia Wright
 Getting a goldfish is easy.

Getting rid of them? That's a whole other story.

On a hot August afternoon at the Cuts — a popular swimming hole in Springfield, near the head of Belleisle Bay — swimmers paddle and dive off the tall cliffs.

Darting through the water are dozens of orange, white and calico goldfish.

Some are thumb-sized, like the ones you'd see in a pet store. Others are bigger than your hand.

A handful of goldfish were in the Cuts last summer. But this year, they've multiplied — and fattened up.
 

"To be honest, they are the biggest goldfish I've ever seen," said Saint Johner Riley Keenan, who estimates some fish are 10 inches, or about 25 centimetres, long.

"it's just a weird thing to see."

"I've swam with fish before," said swimmer Bonnie Ferguson."But goldfish? Not so much."
How'd they get there?

The goldfish didn't get to the Cuts on their own.

The best theory is that "they were someone's pet that they released," said Graeme Stewart Robertson, executive director of the Atlantic Coastal Action Program in Saint John.

  
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