Alien species invade SA waters

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    After the little incident in the freshwater side of the forum about illegal animals....

     

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    I stay close to a dam called tomworthington in N KZN and have seen fresh water jellyfish last year 2007 and i can not belief it. first time i ever so a fresh water jellyfish. i think thay came with the black bass from albert falls.
     
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    yup... most prob. theres some horror stories about invasives whiping out whole rivers...
     
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    Tell me henk can i collect l/rock while scuba diving if its not in a marin protect area
    (for:whistling: my tank)
     
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    not allowed dude....
     
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    so no fish and corral maybe collected in SA what adout in mozambque
     
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    Difficult, to say the least

    Earlier this year
     
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    thanks. obi-wan
     
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    you arent allowed to take out LR.... theres a permit system for fish
     
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    were at the parksboard like angling permit
     
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    post office. option 4 and 9 i think....
     
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    Anyone no where fresh water jellyfish come from? ( Amazon basin etc. )
     
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    no idea.... google it
     
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    could it be evolution, or adapting from salt water to fresh water?:1:
     
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    not sure... but in the amazon basin you get freshwater daolphins, stingrays, soles etc
     
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    the freshwater soles a :nono: aswell ?
     
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    yup yup... also banned. yesterday in a shop i saw them on a fish list from one of the importers as well as giant snake heads on another wholesale list.... sigh...
     
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    the soles are common in my local lfs`s...
     
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    cant find them on the list right now... funny... you arenmt allowed to thave a Coelacanth :p
     
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    ah on page 1 :p

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