Poisoning 100 tons of fish to fight Carp

[HNI_Christine]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ian-carp_N.htm

Fish and wildlife officials will poison a 6-mile stretch of water near Chicago on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to keep one of the most dangerous invasive species of fish, the Asian carp, out of the Great Lakes.

The poisoning will kill an estimated 100 tons of fish, which will be removed by crane and hauled to a landfill. The five-day fish kill will provide time for the Army Corps of Engineers to perform routine maintenance on an electrical barrier that has been placed in the canal to block Asian carp from entering Lake Michigan.

[halfbakedi420]

good..these things are taken over..i saw this story on tv...how the nets hang accross the river in like 6 different places close to each other...looks like there aint any stoppin em..they eat all the other fish in mass quanity..its a big deal no doubt

[carpsniper]

Originally Posted by halfbakedi420

...looks like there aint any stoppin em..they eat all the other fish in mass quanity...

Actually they don't eat fish. They eat zooplakton...and they do it sooooo well, they out compete all the other species. That and they reproduce very well as well too.

[halfbakedi420]

O!!! my bad..i jus remember it was killin all the other fish and takin over the rivers in mass populations..