Mussels, is it Government BS

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[quote DUKMAN]All I know is Mussels are mostly transported by birds like a few have pointed out as well as flooding, irrigation ditches etc..etc [/quote][size 4][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Nope, you got it backwords. Mussels are transported MOSTLY in and on watercraft. I have not read any scientific analysis that says otherwise. Waterfowl are a very, very small threat but are a threat none the less.[/#800000][/font][/size]
[quote DUKMAN]Some one go tell my relatives in Michigan and Minnesota, and Wisconsin that the mussels didn't improve the habitat in every place they have been.[/quote][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 4]I have a very close friend that lives in Frankfort, MI that would be happy to debate the facts with your relatives. He has lived there all of his 40 adult years and has been a fisherman all of those years. He has over 20 years experience as a licensed charter boat captain providing fishing charters on Lake Michigan. He would tell you and your relatives that you are absolutely wrong about the impact on the fishery being positive. We talk on the phone a couple of times a month and the words he uses to describe the situation are not suitable for posting here. Do your relatives actually fish on a regular basis and can truthfully say the fishing is better now than it was 5, 10, or 20 years ago? My friend would not say that at all. He can’t remember the fishing ever being as bad is it is right now.[/size][/#800000][/font]
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