{"id":300092,"date":"2021-07-15T22:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/over-20-large-goldfish-discovered-in-minnesota-lake\/"},"modified":"2021-07-15T22:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T19:00:18","slug":"over-20-large-goldfish-discovered-in-minnesota-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/over-20-large-goldfish-discovered-in-minnesota-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"#Over 20 large goldfish discovered in Minnesota lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Over 20 large goldfish discovered in Minnesota lake<\/strong>”
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Pet fish are not\u00a0wild fish.<\/p>\n

City officials in Burnsville, Minnesota, recently tweeted out a warning against dumping\u00a0pet fish in the wild\u00a0after a large number of goldfish were found in one of the city\u2019s waterways.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was the latest example of large pet fish being found in lakes or rivers across the country.<\/p>\n

During a water quality survey of Keller Lake earlier this month, the\u00a0Associated Press<\/a>\u00a0reported that 10 goldfish were discovered. On Monday, an additional 18 were found, some of which were 18 inches long and weighed up to four pounds.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s official\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0account posted a message about the fish, writing, \u201cPlease don\u2019t release your pet goldfish into ponds and lakes! They grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments and uprooting plants. Groups of these large goldfish were recently found in Keller Lake.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Please don’t release your pet goldfish into ponds and lakes! They grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments and uprooting plants.
Groups of these large goldfish were recently found in Keller Lake. pic.twitter.com\/Zmya2Ql1E2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 City of Burnsville (@BurnsvilleMN) July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Minnesota is one of several states to post warnings against dumping pet goldfish in recent months.<\/p>\n

Fox News<\/a> previously reported that the\u00a0Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources<\/a>\u00a0confirmed that an angler had set a new record after catching a 3 pound, 9-ounce goldfish in Hunting Creek. He had originally caught the fish in late May during a fishing trip<\/a> on the Potomac River, but the record was only just confirmed.<\/p>\n

The department posted on its Facebook<\/a> page, \u201cThe introduction of goldfish to waterbodies is illegal in Virginia. Pet owners should never release their aquatic organisms into the wild as unforeseen impacts can occur including disease, competition, and predation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Around the same time that the Virginia angler\u2019s record was being certified, an angler in Missouri caught a 9-pound butterfly koi fish at Blue Spring Lakes Remembrance. The\u00a0Missouri Department of Conservation<\/a>\u00a0posted a similar warning about the dangers of dumping pets.\n <\/div>\n