Research shows predatory fish prefer invasive mullet to native fish
HONOLULU — Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of California at Santa Barbara and Paepae O He‘eia have found that predatory fish species such as jacks and barracuda prefer the invasive Australian mullet over native mullet, moi and awa at He‘eia fishpond.
This finding suggests that native predatory fish may provide a form of biocontrol on populations of the invasive mullet species. The study was published in “Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries,”
