#1) Asian Carp taste good and the meat is healthier for you
than most native fish. Large fish do not contain as much
pollution because they are filter feeders.

#2) Obviously very easy to harvest. Just drive around with
a net and keep your head down. What fun is that? But if we
we can create a market for the meat, we should be able to
create commercial harvesting techniques that put their
numbers down.

#3) They are filter feeders and do not eat gamefish or baitfish.
However, they do destroy native species because they are such
efficient filter feeders. They remove all zooplankton from the
water which starves the baitfish and it moves up the chain
from there. Not Good!

#4) Don't trust info from that "catastrophemap.com" site.
We can all see that guy is holding a common Grass Carp
and not an Asian Carp. Asian carp are rather weird looking.
Beside being more silver like a tarpon, their eyes are closer
to the bottom of their heads behind the mouth. They almost
look like they swim upside down. You can see it in the last
jumping photo.