They regularly cull this invasive fish species in Hungary's waters, but the fight against them is currently hopeless. Lake Balaton is a popular holiday destination in Hungary, attracting a significant number of foreign tourists every year. Of course, primarily in the summer months, not now when the worrying water level drop makes the "Hungarian Sea," with its 600 square kilometers of surface area, not a very pleasant sight. Lake Balaton, as a body of living water, naturally serves as a habitat for numerous animal and plant species. Experts do not welcome all of them, and for example, the common carp or the great bladderwort specifically disturb bathers because their leaves have unpleasant, prickly protrusions that one does not want to come into close contact with. From the animal world, the pumpkinseed has become a similar "public enemy," which experts say has no place in the lake, indeed in the entire ecosystem of Hungary. This fish species is native to North America, where it ...
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