On Jul 17, 1:43*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"H the K" wrote in messagenews:kL2dnTfQh8IeAf3XnZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@earth link.com...



Frogwatch wrote:
On Jul 17, 10:25 am, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:12:56 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:37:20 -0700, Tim wrote:
Could they become a new fresh water plague?
Not that I would suggest tampering with an ecosystem, but Zebra Mussels
are not without some positive aspects. *Their filtering capabilities
can
improve water quality and clarity. *There are reports of areas where
the
smallmouth, perch, and even salmon fishing has improved after Zebra
Mussel infestations.
http://seapics.com/feature-subject/m.../zebra-mussel-
pictures.html
What eats them? So many acres of sunlit water will produce x tons of
plants which will support y tons of animals. It is looking like, some
places, all the animals will be mussels, and no fish whatever.

Casady

From Wiki:

"In terms of reproduction, zebra mussels are among the most prolific
of all animals. An adult female Zebra mussel may produce between
30,000 and 1 million[3] eggs per year. Spawning usually begins in the
months from late spring to early summer by free-swimming larvae
(veligers)."

So, why not take advantage of this source of protein by harvesting
them or even growing them. *Take them off whatever they grow on, grind
em up and use the result in animal feed.

Or serve them as a delicacy in really crappy rednecky restaurants? With
barbecue sauce, of course.

Sounds more like fodder you would get in a Yuppie, upscale diner.

They aint empty, they got critters in em when alive. The wave washes
em in, and then they real quickly bury themselves in the sand. You
take a collander and find a patch of em and sieve em out till you get
about a gallon of em. I'd have to look up a recipe cuz I have not
done it as an adult. As kids, we tried to eat just about everyhting
we found in the water including sea urchins, (yuk).