Shrimp the size of lobsters are a culinary delight, but they may pose an ecological calamity for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. Now scientists are asking fishermen in the Southeast to report sightings of the Asian tiger shrimp in an effort to better track the huge crustacea and assess the status of any possible invasion. While they are indeed large and succulent, the prolific, aggressive tigers would pose a serious threat to our much-smaller native-shrimp species. Scientists report a tenfold increase in reports of Asian tiger shrimp in 2011.Scientists are also hoping to determine, via DNA testing, how the Asian migrants may have arrived off our shores.Tiger shrimp represent "yet another potential marine invader capable of altering fragile marine ecosystems,” says James Morris, in a report in the Daytona Beach ...Image may be NSFW.
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