BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 2, 2025
Imagine heading out for a peaceful day of boating and swimming, only to find the water clogged with invasive plants. Or to your favorite fishing spot, where you discover your choice fish species is struggling to survive as a newly introduced invasive fish is beginning to thrive. This is the reality when aquatic invasive species take over. All eradication, suppression, and other management strategies are costly and cause irreversible damage to the water and its native species of fish, plants, and wildlife. Preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species is the most effective way to protect Maine’s waters.