Posted on 06/24/2010 8:47:04 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town
Lake Calumet?
Just swimming in the lake American fish don't want to swim in?
The Asian Carp are voracious algae and aquatic weed eaters.
The are available to farmers and owners of ponds to control the weeds. Before you can introduce them into your pond you need a special permit and then can only obtain a special sterile strain that cannot reproduce.
(note: Like I believe this. These carp are so prolific that they can even change sex to make up for population imbalances. I wonder what makes the government bureaucrats think that a sterilized one won’t just mend itself and start spawning.)
It’s from the movie Airplane. A classic.
...but that's not important right now...
I’ve never seen carp in any local fish markets. Are they edible?
From what I’ve seen, it would be better to use butterfly nets to catch them. They literally jump out of the water when disturbed.
NOTE The following text is a quote:
http://hoekstra.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=192071
Hoekstra Calls on Administration to Take Immediate Action after Asian Carp Found
Washington, Jun 23 - U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, today called on the Obama Administration to immediately provide the Army Corps of Engineers with the authority necessary to fight the invasion of the Asian carp after one had been found above the Corps Electric Barrier System.
“The administration has been dragging its feet instead of taking bold decisive action to stop the invasion of the Asian carp,” Hoekstra said. “For far too long the effort has been reactive as opposed to proactive.”
Recognizing the urgency and lack of leadership, Hoekstra earlier this year introduced a bill that would make the Army Corps of Engineers the lead agency and provide them the authority to fight the invasion of Asian carp into the Great Lakes.
The bill would authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to expedite a number of measures to prevent the Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, including applying fish poisons, fixing locks and installing new barriers that include electrical, air-bubble and sound barriers that disorient fish.
“Closing the locks is not enough, and the Army Corps has acknowledged that they have no intention to do so,” Hoekstra said. “Time has been wasted with lawsuits and crossing fingers hoping that the carp will stay out of the lakes. Action has never been more necessary, and I hope that the administration recognizes the urgency with which this problem needs to be addressed and provide every tool to end this threat.”
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