Reviled carp will spread after recent flooding

[jpak]

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jun/13/reviled-carp-will-spread-after-recent-flooding/

While scientists have been battling to keep a ravenous, invasive fish species out of the Great Lakes, some worry that spring floods along the Mississippi River may be spreading the Asian carp downstream.

Duane Chapman, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist and Asian carp expert, says the fish are likely to show up in places where Mississippi floodwaters intruded. They can weigh up to 100 pounds, grow 4 feet long and live for 25 years.

They could be crowding out food sources of native species for decades.

"I think there is a very serious issue here," said Chapman. "We may now be finding them in lakes, ponds, bayous, anywhere the river water went. Those things will be full of carp now."

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[Dreamer Tatum]

1. If a dyslexic wrote this, we should watch for e.coli nt

[xchrom]

2. Recommend

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Recipes people we need recipes for ginger laced blackened carp.. mmmm yummy!! n/t

[madrchsod]

4. asian carp have really fine bones but they taste good

the big problem is they jump out of the water when a boat pass over or by them..several people have died up here after being knocked out of their boats.

[TheWraith]

9. Solution: loud boats with really big nets.

Seriously, if we can't overfish these bastards to death, it's because we're just not trying.

[kristopher]

5. Turnabout is fair play...

The black bass has gotten loose in Japan and destroyed the traditional fishing in a large number of lakes and rivers.

[Nihil]

6. Nature has a habit of winning in the long term. (n/t)

:shrug:

[NickB79]

8. I've read that American sunfish are also a nuisance in Japan. NT

[Throckmorton]

7. Is there a "Carp in the tub"? N/T