Hagfishes are minor pests of commercial food fisheries of the North Atlantic, but lampreys, because of their parasitic habit, have been a serious pest of food fisheries in the Great Lakes in North America, where they have reduced the numbers of lake trout and other species.
Paropsine beetle species, which are regarded as minor pests in their native countries, have become serious pests in New Zealand due to the absence of significant natural enemies (Edwards and Suckling 1980).
Prior to the 1970s, when high insecticide use began, bollworm and whitefly were minor pests in Indian cotton, but by 2002, when Bt cotton was introduced, 75%% of insecticide use in cotton was for bollworm control [14].
Many are hooked by recreational anglers casting from the shore, who also generally discard or kill them as minor pests.
In their native habitat, all Amylostereum species have a minor importance as forest pests.
A few broomrape species (e.g., P. aegyptiaca, P. ramosa, O. cernua, O. crenata, and O. minor) have become devastating pests of important crop plants, affecting their growth and resource allocation and imparting significant losses in yield [ 43].
Those three minors labeled as "pests" actually won awards for their first documentary film, "March Point," which tells their poignant coming of age story in a Native American community near Seattle poisoned by industrial pollution.
