<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &amp; Exploring]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://swittersb.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &#38; Exploring]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://swittersb.com/author/swittersb/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Trout Invasive Species in South Africa (A threat to&nbsp;biodiversity)]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="7620" data-permalink="https://swittersb.com/2009/05/21/trout-invasive-species-in-south-africa-a-threat-to-biodiversity/drakensberg/" data-orig-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/drakensberg.jpg" data-orig-size="300,375" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Drakensberg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/drakensberg.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/drakensberg.jpg?w=300" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7620" title="Drakensberg" src="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/drakensberg.jpg?w=300&#038;h=375" alt="Drakensberg" width="300" height="375" srcset="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/drakensberg.jpg 300w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/drakensberg.jpg?w=120&amp;h=150 120w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />&#8220;In April, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk published the second draft of Alien and Invasive Species Regulations . The regulations have been developed to address the management and control of alien and invasive species.  Although <a href="http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=312551" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">trout have been established in South Africa for over a century, they are not indigenous to the country and would therefore need to be eradicated</span>,</a> according to DEAT.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>The trout have been in SA for almost a hundred years and don&#8217;t seem to pose any frigging biodiversity hazard&#8230;geez are these morons worldwide? Of course they are.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I guess one form of engineering supplanted by another form of engineering&#8230;all the rage these days.</strong></p>
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