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On Jul 17, 1:43 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
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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).

Urchins eggs are the orange dots on the Sushi.