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Article: GOBIES POSE THREAT SPORT FISH DECREASE FEARED IN GREAT LAKES.(SPORTS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- January 9, 1997
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Byline: Associated Press
CLEVELAND -- A bug-eyed, bottom-feeding fish from Europe that reached U.S. waters by stowing away in ship ballast tanks threatens to disrupt the Great Lakes' ecosystem and raise levels of PCBs on America's dinner table.
Since it was discovered almost seven years ago in the St. Clair River, the round goby has become a dominant species along the wharfs and docks in Cleveland, Detroit and other points across the Great Lakes.
It feeds off the rocky bottom, home to such fish as the sculpin and darter. But the goby, which can grow nine inches long, is larger and more aggressive, driving off other fish and eating their eggs or ...