Thomas Di Fonzo

Jul 7, 2023 | mothernature.news | Sydney O’Shaugnessy |Thomas Di Fonzo |Hannah Krantz

By Sydney O’Shaugnessy, Thomas Di Fonzo, and Hannah Krantz. Despite their enormous population in the Potomac River, blue catfish are not native to the area. After their introduction to the Chesapeake Bay watershed in the 1970s, the “bluecats” took over the area, sharply decreasing the river’s biodiversity and harming the populations of native essential commercial fish species.

Jul 6, 2023 | planetforward.org | Thomas Di Fonzo |Hannah Krantz |Sydney O’Shaugnessy

By Sydney O’Shaugnessy, Thomas Di Fonzo, and Hannah Krantz. Despite their enormous population in the Potomac River, blue catfish are not native to the area. After their introduction to the Chesapeake Bay watershed in the 1970s, the “bluecats” took over the area, sharply decreasing the river’s biodiversity and harming the populations of native essential commercial fish species.