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    DLNR Dispatches

    Dec 01, 2019 4 minutes
    by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)

    Monster Tilapia Threat

    Aquatic Biologist Troy Sakihara is dealing with tilapia a lot these days. After Troy was featured in news reports about an "invasion" of Nile tilapia in the Wailoa and Waiakea waterways on Hawai'i island, a local man brought his recently deceased tilapia to Troy. It was a whopper, to say the least. Weighing in at a hefty 16 lbs and measuring 24.4 inches in length, the tilapia was the biggest of this species Troy has ever encountered.

    Brian Neilson, the administrator of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), said, "I was amazed as a fisherman myself, but also a little freaked out by how big these fish can

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