Michigan to offer prize in fight against invasive Asian carp

AP via Yahoo ^ | March 5, 2017 | Chris Ehrmann

[Leaning Right]

Faced with the threat that Asian carp could enter the Great Lakes, Michigan is turning to the public for new ideas and plans to offer a prize to whoever comes up with a way to stop the voracious fish.

Michigan's global search challenge comes after the U.S. government and others have spent hundreds of millions searching for a solution to stop the carp from entering the world's largest freshwater system. If they aren't stopped, officials fear the aggressive fish will crowd out prize native fish and hamper recreational boating in large sections of the lakes...

[Leaning Right]

According to the article, $1 million in prize money has already been allocated. So get your ideas in, folks.

[Paladin2]

Drone carp fishing.

[Uncle Miltie]

Put the Federal Government in charge of Increasing the species.

[Celtic Conservative]

Convince the trendy people in New York and L.A. that they’re delicious and healthy.

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[Vince Ferrer]

Open a seafood restaurant chain.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

How do they taste?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

$1,000,000 XCARP PRIZE

[Celtic Conservative]

Not great. They’re bottom feeders.

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[Java4Jay]

Asian Carp are already in Lake Michigan

[Dilbert San Diego]

So we want to keep out agressive invasive fish who can crowd out native fish and change the environment. But we have no political will to do the same with people coming to this country.

[Paladin2]

I have no idea but suspect that my dog would like them very much. Dead or flopping. Cleaned or not. Cooked or not. Cedar planked or not.

[Nailbiter]

If I remember correctly - they did same for Zebra mussels- were never able to eradicate- even after spending untold millions of taxpayer funs.

[Celtic Conservative]

Come on down, don’t be “koi”, come on down to Carpys! Home of the “solid gold” double decker fish filet!

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[Michigan Bowhunter]

https://youtu.be/faZqIdGi87k

[ROCKLOBSTER]

... invasive Asian carp

Oh....you mean "goldfish"?

[UCANSEE2]

Stock the Great Lakes with alligators.

[Celtic Conservative]

Zebra mussels aren’t largely a problem anymore. It was eventually discovered certain fish were thriving by eating the mussels.

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[gundog]

I smoked some once. Not bad, from clean water. A bear to clean, but a kick in the rear to fish for with a bow.

[Mears]

BINGO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Terry Mross]

I’m not sure if they’re the same but American Carp tastes great but bony as hell. A friend told me his mother pressure cooked them then made fish patties. Wish my mother had been taught that. As a kid I choked on a lot of carp bones.