Here is your chance to save the Great Lakes and sail off into the sunset !

[Sean Youngblood]

Here is your chance to save the Great Lakes and sail off into the sunset !

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/michigan-offer-prize-fight-against-invasive-asian-carp-163636255.html

[Xxx]

Good idea Sean, there's lots of people that are far more informed on how to deal with these fish, and are able to do this without having the need to spend a couple million to accomplish this. I hope someone can come up with something. Maybe a simple as a sound wave that they can't stand or even kills them??

[muskiedreams]

A physical barrier is the only way. Including making sure flood conditions will not allow a breach. They just have to come up with a good way to move cargo across the barrier from one ship to another.

 

Even with that, it is not 100% sure.

[GAMBLER]

http://www.pestsmart.org.au/carp-herpes-faq/

 

Carp Herpes.  This website say it only kills carp.  Introduce it to the waterway and let it take them out. 

[skipper19]

http://www.pestsmart.org.au/carp-herpes-faq/
 
Carp Herpes.  This website say it only kills carp.  Introduce it to the waterway and let it take them out. 

Where's Ray K when we need him?

cent frum my notso smartphone

[muskiedreams]

8 minutes ago, GAMBLER said:

http://www.pestsmart.org.au/carp-herpes-faq/

 

Carp Herpes.  This website say it only kills carp.  Introduce it to the waterway and let it take them out. 

Someone may say that there would be a problem with killing desirable carp or that it could mutate and be dangerous to other species.

The problem is finding a solution that is practical and agreeable to everyone. And even then, unfortunately, there will have to be a study for any biological solution.

To me, a barrier still makes the most sense. They just have to find a way to deal with the shipping issue. In the process, there will be jobs created. If the carp get into the system, it could be more devastating than the shipping disruption a barrier would cause.

[KilliansRed]

Heres what they do in the Colorado River to protect the salmon. Offer a few bucks per asian carp and I bet there will be 1000 people out there killing them. 

 

Northern Pikeminnow

The Northern Pikeminnow (Squawfish) Sport Reward Program pays you to catch these non-native species of fish, plain and simple. In an effort to save salmon, the Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program, pays anglers for each Northern Pikeminnow caught over 9″. You can be paid between $5 and $8 for each fish but catching a specially tagged fish can net you a whopping $500. The program runs from May 1 to September 30 in the lower Columbia River and Snake River in Oregon. Why this easy money? It is all for a good cause “Save a salmon and make money doing it” is their tagline. Northern Pikeminnow consumes millions of salmon and young steelheads annually and the program is designed to reduce their numbers to enable the salmon and steelhead to make it out to sea. In a five month season, last year, the top anglers made $34,000 each. No small change for doing what you love.

[KilliansRed]

If someone takes this idea and wins I get half the money!!  

[muskiedreams]

Here are a couple things I found.

There are commercial processors that are exporting asian carp to China and other asian countries. And they are marketing it in the states. This one place is calling it Kentucky Blue Snapper.

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2015/03/14/asian-carp-catching-area-businesses/70297264/

And the state is subsidizing the rate paid to commercial fisherman. But if the price goes up, maybe they won't have to subsidize.

Here is an article about restoring native alligator gar to control them.

https://phys.org/news/2016-07-huge-once-hated-fish-weapon-asian.html

Also they get huge and could be a new trophy fish growing to over 100#. The record is over 8 feet and over 300#.  Just don't let your dog or small child swim where they swim.