An interesting solution to a growing worldwide problem

[bill stine]

The Fish Postbox in Kawasaki, Japan

 

This is no ordinary postbox, it is 12 feet wide and 21 feet long - and it full of water and exotic fish. Mitsuaki Yamasaki established the "fish postbox" in 2005 near the the Tama river in Kawasaki, Japan. Its purpose is to allow people who do not want their aquarium fish anymore to put them in Yamasaki's postbox instead of the Tama river which has been called the "Tamazaon" by locals. The Tama is brimming with piranhas, angelfish, arrowanas and even garpikes. Yamasaki has caught over 200 species of foreign fish in the Tama. How successful is his fish postbox? It receives an average of 10,000 fish a year. The fish go to postbox members or local schools.

 

You can read the original story here:Fish Postbox

[Noobalicious]

well, that was an interesting solution. I like the idea of keeping non-native fish out of the water.

 

Florida needs to have someone start the same type of program.

Edited May 25, 2010 by Noobalicious

[Novi]

They had something like this on MonsterQuest a couple weeks ago. There are Pirahna in some river in Illinois that people dumped, they spawned and survive now because of the warm water from Power Plants.

[lanman]

They had something like this on MonsterQuest a couple weeks ago. There are Pirahna in some river in Illinois that people dumped, they spawned and survive now because of the warm water from Power Plants.

 

I saw the movie!!

 

bob