Annual Invasion of North Pacific StarFish at Mornington Pier. Melbourne, Pang Quong
3 thoughts on “North Pacific StarFish”
pseudechis
Incredible. When does this occur each year?
If they concentrate like this each year in a relatively small area then perhaps a team of dedicated divers could work to remove them and make a fair dent on populations in the local area…..or am I just being completely ignorant of the scale of the problem. I think a continuous effort on some local beaches in the bay has helped reduce the population locally and give some of the local shellfish, crabs, and seastars a chance to recover some numbers.
threewellyns
To see the sheer numbers of these noxious pests in one area at one time is frightening . I agree with pseudechis, in that orgainsed diver clean up days, if and when these aggregations are discovered, could only be beneficial to Port Phillip bay.
The requirement for a permit to remove an introduced noxious pest such as the Northern pacific seastar surely needs to be removed.
James Black
i went catching them today in Williamstown. between us, we caught about 30
Incredible. When does this occur each year?
If they concentrate like this each year in a relatively small area then perhaps a team of dedicated divers could work to remove them and make a fair dent on populations in the local area…..or am I just being completely ignorant of the scale of the problem. I think a continuous effort on some local beaches in the bay has helped reduce the population locally and give some of the local shellfish, crabs, and seastars a chance to recover some numbers.
To see the sheer numbers of these noxious pests in one area at one time is frightening . I agree with pseudechis, in that orgainsed diver clean up days, if and when these aggregations are discovered, could only be beneficial to Port Phillip bay.
The requirement for a permit to remove an introduced noxious pest such as the Northern pacific seastar surely needs to be removed.
i went catching them today in Williamstown. between us, we caught about 30