After Waterway Closure, Minneapolis Sees An End To River Shipping[Asian Carp]

NPR ^ | 22 June 2015 | Matt Sepic

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Save them for the garden. The Squanto method of planting. Dig your hole, drop the dead carp in, throw in some dirt, drop a seed or seeds, cover, wait 110 days, pick your corn, beans, or squash. Worked for Squanto and the pilgrims, it will work for you!

[cripplecreek]

And screw the $50 billion sportfishing industry.

[ckilmer]

And screw the $50 billion sportfishing industry.
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I’m not getting this. The point of the processing plants is to scoop up as much of the Asian Carp as possible.

[cripplecreek]

I’m sorry. I’m used to hearing how the carp will replace the great lakes sportfishing industry and we’ll all get rich.

[i_robot73]

I see a catch-22 here: As a business I either 1) farm what’s available 2) farm it myself

As the carp is a pest ‘in nature’ within the U.S. - that presumes the want would be to eradicate the problem, which would run counter to #1 above, and necessitate #2 (grow ponds/etc.): IE: Harvest enough to keep the fish coming in naturally; which still leaves the pest.

I still like my bounty idea...Then fish until they are gone .