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talking about an invasion of asian carp in lake michigan. they said it would virtually destroy the greatest fishery system in north america if the carp were to invade the great lakes system. they are gonna do a fish kill in the tens of thousands to determine the extent of the asian carp population.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/34079964/for/cnbc/
You mean the report said they are already present in Lake Michigan now, or they are worried that they will be soon?
Wannabe...
wb, i think they are checking to see if they have wandered into lake michigan. the link above is an article from last week, differs a little from what i heard on cnbc this morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wannabe...
Maybe with this threat someone will find a way that they can be killed without harming any other existing game fish. This may be the WAKE UP call they have been needing to start getting something done.
Doubt it Sat, it's destroyed or destroying so many acres of water that they've already been woken, wakened, er um. come to, but they don't have a solution for removing it. That's the bad part. Once there, they're there.
Wannabe...
I know what will kill them....number 7 2 3/4 12 ga.
I like Torch's idea! We need anaother hunting season in the mix, say maybe in August
they said that they are very prolific breeders and will overtake a lake in a short time. i think they said something about using a chemical to make them not breed, but i may be wrong.
here is the video link
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1347397892&play=1
this is a different video than the one i saw this morning, this was a live report at noon.
We have already lost some darn good holes because of them things. Would hate to see them get into any of the coe lakes.
They are not sure if the carp got past the TWO elec. barriers, but they found some DNA of the carps past the barriers, they were talking about turning up the voltage a notch. I don't fish the rivers up here but i've heard these carp launch themselves in the wakes of boats & some have been injured by these fish landing in the boats. they might have made it to L.M. hopfully not enough to breed. poisining is their next option. last i read they were going to shut down all traffic for a week & poision part of the system
Read an article on Yahoo a few weeks ago and they stated that they do not have any solid evidence that they are in the lakes, but dna sampling shows they may be in there. This is not a great situation for them up there. Suppossedly were going to poison the water around the electronics barriers to do some sampling and to shut down elec barrier to do some upgrades. Someone needs to do something quickly!
Was a article on CBS news about that deal up in chicago fixin to hit hit em with Rotenone?
I've not paid attention to this situation until now but, is there a possibly that these carp could migrate into our Mississippi lakes? I'm not saying that it isn't an awful situation up north, just new to me.
Any lake that the Mississippi river can get to is at risk. They are already in the Tunica cutoff.Quote:
Originally Posted by majflyboy
Just a matter of time, lots of them in the oxbows on the big muddy. Theoretically, they shouldn't be able to breach the dams to get into our reservoirs. But then where there are eggs and birds, anything is possible.
Dang, this is getting serious. How can we citizen sportsmen contribute to stopping this problem? Either work on water or funding?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigKyd
As far as I know, nobody has come up with a solution as of yet. I have heard of some people trying to develop a commercial market for them but at the rate they reproduce I'm not sure any amount of fishing pressure would make much difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by majflyboy
We can't just roll over and let them destroy our fisheries. Is there some organization that is fighting to keep officals from being able to kill them?
How do you kill them without killing the game fish or otherwise further disturbing the ecosystem? That is the issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by majflyboy
Thought we could engineer chemicals that can target specific DNA markers. Not sure, but had read that somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigKyd
I been watching my local fox news station, the poisioning began last night & so far this morning the fish are now starting to die off & at this point NONE of the dead are the asain carp, only common carp are being found.they say it will be a few more hours before the poision realy starts taking affect.
I'll update you all later.
dgi
thanks, dgiQuote:
Originally Posted by dgi
In a few years, this site will be Carp.com.
The early reports are no asian carp have been found dead yet. they say they shocked the system for game fish trying to save as many as they could before the poisioning began.
At 7pm chicago time there will be a news confrence to update the process. but won't be live so i'll have to wait till9pm news. update later
dgi
Try www.myfoxchicago.com i tried to make this active but could'nt
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news...sian-carp-kill
hope this one works
dg
it works
So far they claim to have found only 1 asian carp dead.if true that's pretty encourging news.
their were keeping the news crews back from the area this morning.
could it be they are trying to cover up the real numbers of asian carp found?
another news confrence this morning at 10am
Chicago politics at work?
check back later with any new info
dgi
Thanks dgi. Please keep us posted.
Have not got anything new yet but click this link below, interesting stuff that was already known. after the video scroll down and read the story
We've wasted millions on electric barrier boondoggle :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Outdoors
dgi