who said i was supporting it? I don't like the fact that Round gobys are starting to become regular prey for small mouth bass, or that the salmonids in the big lakes are critically linked to the alewife. However, just because i don't like it doesn't mean that reckless eradication of every single one of these species is a viable option. If it wasn't for the introduction of pacific salmon into the lakes, one could argue that the current rebound in native lake trout could have never happened.

These issues are not black and white, and the management community would be fools to treat them as such. Nothing in these ecosystems is completely natural, and as such diverse action is required if we want to maintain these systems. and yes, sometimes that requires complete destruction of an invasive species, but often it does not. I believe decision making should be made on a case-by-case basis, and if you believe that all of the cases you cited in florida deserve culling of the populations, then so be it. I don't have the first hand knowledge to dispute you. But, in my experience only select cases require these types of actions.