Eel of Fortune
December 13, 2020
By NZB3
How moronic is this? The Government, in the form of Watercare Auckland, have given the Waitakare Range eel population a stimulus package.
“Cue the introduction of 100 longfin eels by Watercare to try and get on top of the issue.
“All of these eels would’ve ended up on a dinner plate overseas.
“You could look at them as rescued eels. Once they are in here they will not be fished out as we don’t allow fishing,” Hubrick explained.”- Rescued from the dinner plate, 100 eels to hunt invasive fish dirtying Auckland reservoir; TVNZ
10-40kg eels$19.95/kg to buy (probably more by a long shot!)
$199.50-$798.00 per eel
100 eels
$19,950-$79,800
Plus installation fees and monitoring!
All so we can have an indigenous fish in our drinking water instead of a colonial one. Very woke luxury for a government that is raising rates and thinking of selling off playgrounds!
Auckland Council could be forced to close playgrounds and public toilets – NZ Herald (2020)
If eels wanted to be there they already would, no need for a government eel stimulus package! Probably going to slither off the very next day.
I hope they get into the bathtubs with all those Chardonnay socialists who work for Auckland City and live in Piha!
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Note: If you wonder how the colonising fish got into the Lower Nihotupu Dam the short answer is Joseph Smith. The long answer is: 1929: That Pommy Bastard
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