Poison planned to keep Asian carp from Great Lakes

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[Scythian]

CHICAGO – Illinois environmental officials will dump a toxic chemical into a nearly 6-mile stretch of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Wednesday to keep the voracious Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes while an electrical barrier is turned off for maintenance.

The fish, which can grow to 4 feet long and 100 pounds and are known to leap from the water at the sound of passing motors, have been found within a few miles of Lake Michigan and there is evidence they might have breached the barrier, designed to repel them with a non-lethal jolt.

Environmentalists fear the fish, which consume up to 40 percent of their body weight daily in plankton, would starve out smaller and less aggressive competitors and possibly lead to the collapse of the Great Lakes sport and commercial fishing industry.

[Mr. K]

Yeah, i dont see any potential downside to this....

[ClearCase_guy]

And in addition, these carp are a primary cause of global warming. Although the data on that has been “lost”, it’s true. I swear it.

[IbJensen]

What can we do to prevent the invasion of Asian goods from our marketplace?

Oh, I know. Disavow the WTC and eliminate most of our federal government.

[dfwgator]

Was it the WKRP Carp?

[Scythian]

Asian Carp ...

[Ben Mugged]

Put a bounty on the carp and put fishermen back to work.

Gets rid of two problems.

[a fool in paradise]

"AW, JEEZ! NOT THIS CARP AGAIN!"

[a fool in paradise]

"Reporting for duty!"

[dangus]

Is the plan to make the fish laugh so hard they drown?

[dangus]

Which one is Adam Lambert?

[a fool in paradise]

The fish toxin rotenone will be spread Wednesday evening near Lockport, Illinois Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Stacey Solano said. After about eight hours, crews will use large cranes with nets to scoop up an estimated 200,000 pounds of dead fish, she said.

This stinks.

[NonValueAdded]

what could possibly go wrong?

[McGruff]

Asian Carp. One thing we can export to China instead of the other way around.

[NormsRevenge]

taste like chicken, or so I hear.. haven’t tried it with toxic chemicals before tho. if ya smoke ‘em , shouldn’t matter much anyway.

[dfwgator]

Beavis: Whoa these chicks are hot.
Butthead: Are these chicks or dudes?
Beavis: Whoa,I don’t know
Butthead: Well they better be chicks dammit because they’re giving me a woody.

[NormsRevenge]

The chemical of choice - Rotenone

Lake Davis in California got dosed a couple times to take out a Northern Pike infestation
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lakedavis/index

[BlueStateBlues]

What??? They are going to poison the River on purpose?? I knew an old woman who swallowed a fly. . .

[crusty old prospector]

I have seen the videos of these fish jumping out of the water and into the boats. Also, people bowhunting them as they jump. Pretty crazy stuff.

[brooklyn dave]

Are these fish good to eat? If so, gov can fish them out of existence and give them to the poor along with free cheese.