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DEP ADVISES ANGLERS TO BE AWARE OF INVASIVE SPECIES OF CATFISH - FishNews - 09-04-2004
[size 2]The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today the first catch of a Flathead catfish from New Jersey waters. The non-native species is a voracious predator that has decimated native populations of other catfish, certain species of sunfish and rare species of sturgeon in the southeastern United States.[/size]
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