B.C. asks anglers to help eradicate this sport fish common in the rest of Canada

B.C. asks anglers to help eradicate this sport fish common in the rest of Canada

Source: ctvnews

4/17/2024

Credit: Invasive Species Council of B.C.

The British Columbia government is encouraging anglers to pack their tackle boxes and head out to a remote lake on Vancouver Island as the province attempts to eradicate an invasive population of sport fish.

The B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says the invasive smallmouth bass were illegally introduced into Echo Lake, southwest of Campbell River, and have since threatened the survival of native salmon and trout.

"Smallmouth bass prey heavily on smaller fish and can out-compete native fish species," the provincial government said in a bulletin Tuesday, adding the situation could turn dire for local fisheries if the invasive bass make it into the nearby Campbell River watershed.

Echo Lake

Bass, Smallmouth

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