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Carp capture: Utah removing destructive fish
localnews8 ^ | April 23, 2009

Posted on 04/23/2009 5:02:59 PM PDT by JoeProBono

Utah officials are about to embark on what they believe is the nation's biggest carp removal project.

Later this year, commercial fishermen are expected to begin removing about 5 million pounds of carp from Utah Lake.

Over six years, they hope to remove about 30 million pounds of the fish, which officials say is impeding efforts to recover a native species called the June sucker.

The carp removal project got a boost this week with news that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing about $1 million for the work. State officials plan to match that federal grant with an additional $510,000.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: carp
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1 posted on 04/23/2009 5:02:59 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 04/23/2009 5:05:04 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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3 posted on 04/23/2009 5:07:18 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
to recover a native species called the June sucker

Ward must be very concerned.
4 posted on 04/23/2009 5:08:28 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath
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To: JoeProBono; girlangler

Hey, maybe we can get the govt to pay us to fish!


5 posted on 04/23/2009 5:09:29 PM PDT by Grammy
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To: JoeProBono

A lot of people might consider them garbage fish, but you haven’t angled until you’ve got a 25-lb. carp on the end of 5-lb. test using ultralight tackle. (Extra points if you have to construct a jury-rigged net, as my old fishing gang did, in order to lift caught carp vertically 15 feet up the side of the bridge you’re fishing from!)


6 posted on 04/23/2009 5:14:22 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: JoeProBono

They aren’t Carp, they’re Goldfish. In these potentially inflationary times, Goldfish can be a good investment.


7 posted on 04/23/2009 5:14:25 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: JoeProBono
I got some questions... feel free to answer them...

#1 Are carps good eatin'?

#2 If #1 is "yes" then why is it going to cost the taxpayers 1.5 million dollars?

#3 is this part of that economic stimulus plan from OBAMA!?

8 posted on 04/23/2009 5:25:08 PM PDT by John123 (The US may be going down the drain, but everyone else will drown first...)
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A lot of people might consider them garbage fish,

Around the Great Lakes they have the affectionate nickname of "sewer inspectors." We don't eat them, for reasons one may deduce.

9 posted on 04/23/2009 5:31:24 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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"#1 Are carps good eatin'?"


As a kid I was told that to cook a carp you put em on an old shingle. You then BBQ the carp on the shingle for 3 hours over low coals. Then toss the carp and eat the shingle.
10 posted on 04/23/2009 5:31:46 PM PDT by Borderline
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11 posted on 04/23/2009 5:33:26 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Locomotive Breath

LOL!


12 posted on 04/23/2009 5:35:46 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: John123
if you like fish bones... iirc carp are just like large suckers
13 posted on 04/23/2009 5:36:01 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: JoeProBono

These aren’t the triploid variant of carp, are they?

Grass carp(the triploid variant) are increasingly being used here to reduce vegitation without the risk that reproductive carp carry.


14 posted on 04/23/2009 5:38:43 PM PDT by Freemeorkillme
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To: JoeProBono

Saw a blue heron due that last summer with a duckling. If you’ve seen a blue heron, you can imagine how impressive the sight.


15 posted on 04/23/2009 5:41:41 PM PDT by Freemeorkillme
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To: Locomotive Breath

Can’t imagine what the real result will be. This sort of project never goes as planned.


16 posted on 04/23/2009 5:47:03 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find!)
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To: JoeProBono

I can remember my dad taking us kids to Utah Lake to fish for carp. They were big fish, usually around 10 pounds. I don’t remember eating them, but I remember dad catching them and reeling them in. The lake is shallow, and quite warm in the summer, which makes fish grow fast.


17 posted on 04/23/2009 5:51:34 PM PDT by redhead (REMEMBER DAN'S BAKE SALE!!!)
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To: JoeProBono
I can't believe these fish wouldn't be worth something to somebody. This could pay for itself.

Isn't gefilte fish made from carp?

18 posted on 04/23/2009 5:53:10 PM PDT by CaptRon (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: JoeProBono

Good luck.
In Lake Davis (CA) $21 million has been spent on eradication efforts of the non-native Northern Pike Since 2000, which included attempts to poison the entire fish population of the lake.
Fish and Game has a full-time team of 35 employees working on the pike effort.


19 posted on 04/23/2009 5:53:20 PM PDT by kik5150
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What’s wrong with “Northerns”, as we called them in Wisconsin?

Fierce fighting fish and good eatin’, too.


20 posted on 04/23/2009 6:21:01 PM PDT by elcid1970
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