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FROM
CUBA
Salt-water intrusion threatens local fish
in Cuba
CAMAGÜEY, Cuba, January 17 (Carlos
Hechemendia, CPIC / www.cubanet.org) - Salt-water
intrusion into the La Redonda and La Leche
marshes, in the municipality of Morón,
Ciego de Ávila province, threaten
the survival of local fish species, say
local fishermen.
"Ecology is only cared for in Cuban
TV," said one fisherman, "because
government journalists are either duped
or pretend they don't see."
Fishermen say they are trying to eliminate
catfish, a species that was introduced in
a plan that later didn't pan out, but they
say it is difficult, as the species breeds
easily, and crowds out more valuable species.
An expert said the International Trout
Fishery preserve in the La Redonda marshes
is almost beyond recovery as a result of
salt-water intrusion and the colonization
by catfish.
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