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Rabbit Fish
- By Randall Bryett
- Published 03/23/2008
Randall Bryett
Randall Bryett is a keen fisherman whom has tackled everything from bass to marlin on all types of tackle. His passion is saltwater flyfishing and he focuses on living the fishermans dream. When not traveling Randall who is Australian, resides in Northern California with his wife Kate and their two adopted cats.
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I find it mildly amusing that introduced Rabbits caused so much damage to the Australian environment and now the "Rabbits" are protecting one of the worlds greatest assets. No rabbit proof fence wanted here.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/23/2197001.htm
A small, brown and relatively boring fish could be the answer to improving damaged parts of the Great Barrier Reef off eastern Australia.
Professor David Bellwood from the Center for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in far north Queensland says "rabbit fish" have been filmed eating the weed that can sometimes smother young corals and destroy reefs.
He says they worked at 10 times the rate of other weed eaters such as parrot and surgeon fish.
Professor Bellwood says populations of rabbit fish in Australian waters are still in relatively good shape but it is vital they are looked after.
"The best thing we can do to help them out is to protect their environment," he said.
"We don't fish these fish in Australia but we can certainly destroy the habitat that they need to survive and a lot of that is going to be impacted by costal development so we should be careful."
