Quote Originally Posted by BladeRunner View Post
Show me your data to back up any of your statements. AS I thought, you do not have any real data to back up your mouth just your personal unsupported beliefs. If you honestly do not believe that State and Federal fishery resource professionals are the best informed and dedicated organizations to address the invasive Asian carp issue, who do you honestly think will? Do you have any data comparing Asian carp reproductive success between river and reservoir systems, average life spans and annual mobility? I'm waiting to see any data you may have to back up your accusations. In the mean time I suggest everybody needs to double down on our support for the fishery resource professionals who are working daily to address invasive Asian carp and other aquatic resource issues.
Who are you referring to? You want some data, I've got the same data as the fisheries have, discussions that I have had with Paul and Adam, and my involvement to attend the Asian Carp meetings the past few years.
It appears that you yourself are ill-informed. I support our state people in this fight. But once again, this dilemma began with this invasive species being allowed over here in a commercial application. Then in the 1993 flood, these fish escaped from their catfish ponds via backwaters from the Mississippi River. Now, our very own Federal government and Federal Fish & Game acknowledged these events and said that not to worry, this species can not handle the cold winter months and the Mississippi River. Nature will take care it......

Yep, they were right, again. And they are not holding anyone accountable, or what was exactly stated to me last summer by the Federal Fish & Game at a meeting was they didn't know how to hold anyone accountable and it's too long ago to even begin. And they still will not hold themselves accountable by giving anything and everything in financial support to the State agencies to fight this on their behalf's.
https://www.nps.gov/miss/learn/nature/ascarpover.htm
https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/grea...e=2&HUCNumber=
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/204767
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.kentu...e44395302.html
https://fw.ky.gov/Fish/Pages/Asian-C...formation.aspx

Also, there are several threads on this KY page that you can research on your own. The data is out there for anyone to research, and there is alot of it too.

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