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MP says DFO ‘incompetent’ in handling of smallmouth bass case
Connell Smith/CBC News/ August 30 2019 Conservative Robert Sopuck says DFO was warned of danger years ago Manitoba Conservative MP Robert Sopuck says DFO was warned repeatedly years ago of the danger presented by invasive smallmouth bass. (CBC) The former vice-chair of a Commons committee on fisheries is accusing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans…
CBC: Conservation groups want to ‘eradicate’ smallmouth bass from lake
Connell Smith /CBC News/ August 28 2019/ Invasive fish illegally put into Miramichi Lake over a decade ago. The confirmed sighting of an invasive fish in the southwest Miramichi River last week lends urgency to plans to eradicate smallmouth bass from a nearby lake. In 2008, Miramichi Lake was found to contain the bass, which were…