"So the bad news; it really smells like dead fish around Barkley Dam. The good news, a bunch of silver carp have died. Maybe we are on to some type of natural control mechanism."
I'm trying to not think about what 1/2 million dead LARGE fish smell like. And so much for any thought of driving all the way to Barkley Dam to go fishing anytime soon!
I think I'll pick some other location to go fishing today...
When there is a massive carp die off, unless it is a specific biological problem for the carp, that doesn’t really bode well for other fish species in the water either. IIRC, carp would live just about anywhere.
I met a lady there who lost her husband after five years of eating fish every
week. he never gave any attention to the warnings and died of cancer. There
are many stories like these from the locals near the river. Sledge from a spill
that happened in the early 1900's still exists on the bottom of the Ohio, also.
Cat fish LOVE dead fish....
An Asian carp traveled to this country and killed half a million people?? This is absolutely shocking news!!
Maybe all that money we invested in biological warfare is finally paying off?
The way the headline is written, it sounds as though the asian carp killed 500K people. It’s a bit like the difference between: “Let’s eat Grandma!” and “Let’s eat, Grandma!”
Oh, my. Something is targeting Asian Carp? How long before we hear cries of ‘fishism’?
That’s fishist!!!!
Now if only the virus (if that is what is causing the kill) also helped kill off our beloved “snake fish”.
I read the headline and thought that the fish were becoming murderous, like the avians in the movie, “The Birds.”
I guess we are still safe from fish attacks.
The indigenous fish are racist. We must remove the dam immediately at it is a barrier to the integration of the Asian carp’s success. We must preserve our environment for our new Asian overlords.
Maybe the committed suicide in reaction to this post:
Asian carp name offends some Asian-Americans
The troublesome fish currently known as Asian carp may get a new name in Minnesota over concern that the current one casts people from Asian cultures in a negative light.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3148870/posts
Hurrah! Whatever happened bottle it! They have been trying
kill the suckers off for years with little luck in the great lakes!
Dead fish should become part of crop fields.