Asian Carp in Lake Michigan!

if they took that money, paid $1/carp to fishermen that catch them. They'll be wiped out in no time.
 
There is such an tremendous opportunity to start an international industry. It would be incredibly easy to net these fish and process them. Instead, we scratch our heads about what to do. If these rivers were in Southeast Asia or Africa there would be no more fish. I'm willing to put them on my plate.
 
JV II said:
There is such an tremendous opportunity to start an international industry. It would be incredibly easy to net these fish and process them. Instead, we scratch our heads about what to do. If these rivers were in Southeast Asia or Africa there would be no more fish. I'm willing to put them on my plate.
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A company has already agreed to do this and will catch and process the fish and ship them to Asian markets where there is no stigma to eating carp. Another data point is Beardstown, IL is located on the Illinois River 100 miles or so south of where I keep my boat has served "Buffalo" sandwiches for years. The "Buffalo" is really carp. See the enclosed article.

http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_fd594a48-0648-11df-9f7d-001cc4c002e0.html
 
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Woody said:
I've had Buffalo that was done on a grill. I don't know how it was prepared but the end result was very good.
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Yum, if I ever get out there I will hunt one down for sure.
 
:wow::wow::wow: ...I'm watching "River Monsters" with Jeremy Wade on Discovery Channel right now... Snakehead Fish in Florida and Asian Carp in Illinois... that's pretty scary!!!
 
They keep allowing species to be brought in to an area that they aren’t native to and that is what happens. Japanese lady bugs were brought in for the farmers to eat the aphids and now they are all over in swarms and the little SOB's bite and like the Asian Carp they don't have any predators.
 
Daddubo said:
They keep allowing species to be brought in to an area that they aren’t native to and that is what happens. Japanese lady bugs were brought in for the farmers to eat the aphids and now they are all over in swarms and the little SOB's bite and like the Asian Carp they don't have any predators.
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Here's some of the problem and thank goodness our good friends to the North were vigilant!

http://www.windsorstar.com/technology/Asian+carp+load+nets+fine/4381566/story.html
 
Quote from The Windsor Star
"It's my understanding that some ethnic markets prefer their fish to be bought live," said Reid. Often, they are purchased in twos as part of a ritual. "It's a tradition. You buy one, kill it and set the other one free."

That above is the scariest part of the whole article!!
What an a**hole!!!

Dan
 
The question is what can be done?Obviously closing the canal will just get more idiots to drive trucks to deliver these nasty bass turds to thier "communities "which have either no thoughts as to what damage they are causing the environment or they full well know what they are doing and dont care.Mabey the dead ones should be untransportable also unless a government issues paperwork to haul them to a fertilizer plant!! I wonder exactly what methods of destroying the fish eggs has been in development also ,mabey even a way to sterilize the females/males so the spieces will die off on thier own.
 
March 8th, 2011 London Free Press

SARNIA, Ont. - An Indiana company caught bringing live Asian carp into Canada was fined $20,000 Monday in Sarnia, Ont., court.
Sweetwater Springs Fish Farm pleaded guilty to possession of an invasive species without a licence, in violation of the Fisheries Act.
During a Feb. 18 secondary inspection of a transport truck at the Blue Water Bridge, 6,000 pounds of bighead carp were found packed in ice.
The fish can live 24 to 48 hours out of the water, and the gills of some were still active. Several were placed in water and they began moving, the court was told.
Bighead carp and silver carp, the two main species of Asian carp, have proliferated in the Mississippi River. The threat of them entering the Great Lakes has set off alarm bells because of the ecologic damage scientist say they could do to the already stressed lakes.
The fish were seized and sold by the government. A load of bass in the same truck was returned to the company.
The fish farm has taken steps to ensure the incident isn't repeated, the court was told.
Bighead carp can grow to 50 kilograms (110 pounds) and a metre in length, feeding continuously on plankton and algae.
The Ontario government has banned possession of live bighead carp since 2005, because unchecked they could become a dominant species and unbalance the ecosystem.
Judge Ann McFadyen accepted a joint submission for the $20,000 fine, saying there's a need to protect the Great Lakes.
 
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Bob C said:
SARNIA, Ont. - An Indiana company caught bringing live Asian carp into Canada was fined $20,000 Monday in Sarnia, Ont., court.
Sweetwater Springs Fish Farm pleaded guilty to possession of an invasive species without a licence, in violation of the Fisheries Act.
During a Feb. 18 secondary inspection of a transport truck at the Blue Water Bridge, 6,000 pounds of bighead carp were found packed in ice.
The fish can live 24 to 48 hours out of the water, and the gills of some were still active. Several were placed in water and they began moving, the court was told.
Bighead carp and silver carp, the two main species of Asian carp, have proliferated in the Mississippi River. The threat of them entering the Great Lakes has set off alarm bells because of the ecologic damage scientist say they could do to the already stressed lakes.
The fish were seized and sold by the government. A load of bass in the same truck was returned to the company.
The fish farm has taken steps to ensure the incident isn't repeated, the court was told.
Bighead carp can grow to 50 kilograms (110 pounds) and a metre in length, feeding continuously on plankton and algae.
The Ontario government has banned possession of live bighead carp since 2005, because unchecked they could become a dominant species and unbalance the ecosystem.
Judge Ann McFadyen accepted a joint submission for the $20,000 fine, saying there's a need to protect the Great Lakes.
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Nice job again Canadian Border Services.
 
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