Quote Originally Posted by mrdux View Post
That article appears to show they are targeting Common Carp and not the Asian carp--Bigheads and Silvers. Hopefully something like that could be used on the Asians. Main issue I see is we got Asians in the waterways when somebody thought it would be a good idea to bring them over here to clean up scum in fish-farm ponds. What issues might we be starting by trying some new biological means of killing carp? If they could guarantee we wouldn't kill everything in the water, especially gamefish, then I would be all for it.
I saw that the common carp were the carp being killed, but maybe to that virus, a carp is a carp. I agree about making sure the virus will be safe down the road. I know that a virus can mutate and wreak havoc when they become immune to antibiotics. Not sure about this virus, but it's the only thing that resembles a fix for the problem at hand. May not be the answer tho.

Can you imagine the smell of millions of dead Asian Carp on the river banks if it does work? Not a pretty thought.