Acuarium

SAN MARCOS, Texas – A total of 406 invasive suckermouth armored catfish were removed from the San Marcos River in recent weeks. Texas Rivers and Streams, a division of Texas Parks and Wildlife, posted a photo on Facebook Thursday stating that the fish were removed during a dewatering event at Rio Vista Park. The fish "have been introduced to numerous water bodies in Texas through aquarium dumping — Never Dump Your Tank!" officials said. "Dumping anything out of an aquarium — fish, animals, and plants — can have devastating consequences for Texas' natural waterbodies," according to TexasInvasives.org. "This is true for both freshwater and saltwater aquariums. Never dump them into a natural body of water or flush them down the toilet." The San Antonio River Authority (SARA) released a similar public service announcement last November saying aquarium fish are considered an invasive species. More specifically, SARA officials said armored catfish burrow in

For some reason, the food perhaps most synonymous with San Francisco is the clam chowder bread bowl. It's not something most locals eat … well, really ever. But if you've ever visited San Francisco as a tourist, I guarantee you've chowed down on one of these bad boys while dodging dive-bombing seagulls. I, too, was once a San Francisco tourist shivering in the fog while slurping down spoonfuls of the hot beige stuff. But it's been years since then. Even though it hasn't felt like enough time has passed since I last faced Fisherman's Wharf, I decided the time was right for a bread bowl reevaluation. Into the clammy belly of the beast I went: the Boudin Bakery Cafe.  On a buzzing Friday afternoon, Boudin's flagship location, decked out with sourdough loaves twisted into impressive animal shapes, immediately overwhelmed my senses. The Wharf tourists were out in full force, coaxed inside from their eventful days of zipping around in tiny y

MAALAEA, Maui — When Peter Cannon was growing up in the 1950s, the bay outside his childhood home was a brilliant turquoise. The crystal-clear water rippled with marine life. Exotic seashells with pink and blue stripes speckled the beach. When Cannon snorkeled, schools of brightly colored, tropical fish swirled around him. "It was like diving in an aquarium," said Cannon, 75. "Maalaea looked like Tahiti." Much has changed in the ensuing decades. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lists Maalaea beach and small boat harbor as "impaired waterbodies," meaning pollution exceeds acceptable levels. Most of the area's coral reef is completely wiped out by sediment and nutrients. The state Division of Aquatic Resources describes the reef degradation in Maalaea as a case study in total system collapse. "It's a dead zone," Cannon said. Two factors have contributed to Maalaea Bay's demise: sewage from injection wells and runoff fr

The Old Trail development in Crozet has proffered 222 affordable homes in agreements with the county in the past several years, but thus far has built only 17, and none have been sold to income-qualified buyers. Photo: Lisa Martin. Albemarle County revamped its housing policy last July to address the chronic shortage of housing available for low- and moderate-income residents. Though the new policy language was approved by the Board of Supervisors (BOS) at the time, several substantive parts of the policy were deferred until financial and other incentives aimed at developers could be hammered out by county staff. At the BOS meeting on February 16, county staff presented a draft of one such set of developer incentives called an Affordable Housing Overlay. Since 2005, the county's chief tool for compelling developers to build less-expensive dwelling units has been to require that 15% of new housing units be offered at affordable prices in exchange for an increase in the n

The density of dengue virus carrying Aedes mosquitoes in 2022 is more than that in 2021 in Dhaka, revealed the Directorate General of Health Services pre-monsoon survey report on Wednesday.  Public health experts observing the report feared that dengue situation might deteriorate this year than the past year, if actions are not taken immediately. DGHS survey according to Breteau Index this year identified 22 sites as risky which was 13 past year. In 2021, dengue claimed 105 lives and sent 28,829 patients to hospitals, most of the victims were in Dhaka. National Malaria Elimination and Aedes Transmission Disease Control Programme of DGHS found the dire situation after surveying 110 sites between March 24 and April 3 in 98 wards under Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation.  A team of 21-member  visited about 3,150 houses under the city corporations to complete the survey. The survey found Aedes mosquito's larvae in 159 ho

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Guide Juan Chay cut the engine of our panga some 40 minutes' ride north of the city of Campeche, in the Gulf of Mexico. A chorus of birds greeting the dawn could be heard from the mangroves a mile east. Not another boat was in sight. As Chay grabbed his push pole to propel the boat forward, a silvery back broke the surface about 90 feet ahead. Then another to the right and a few more to the left. Tarpon! Sunlight glinted off the fish's trademark scales, which reflected like a disco ball mirror in the morning sun. My angling partner, Ken Matsumoto, stepped to the bow of the panga and peeled fly line from his reel. "Eleven o'clock!" Chay called, and Ken made several false casts before landing his fly 50 feet out, just to the left of the bow (which is 12 o'clock). "Slow strips," Chay instructed. On the third strip, Matsumoto's line went tight. A second later, three feet of tarpon launched clear of the water … and the line went limp. Ecstasy turned t