What is up with the Asian Carp?

Question

I've seen on the news an asian carp heading up the mississippi river and has been stopped before getting into lake michigan. Has there been any cases of them getting into lake michigan yet and how long are we going to be able to keep them out?

Answer 1

Of course they are already there. My guess is that since the water is deeper and the pond bigger you won't see the same action out of them on the lake as you do the rivers.
And there are many such examples of imported species invading our space, it's just that most of them don't jump out of the water at 10-50 pounds and whack you in the head, so they don't make the news. Green crabs, africanized honeybee's, fire ants. The list of insects and plant diseases are staggering. Sadly, since our agencies cannot even keep up monitoring on even so much as noxious weeds I don't think they are going to be of much use against the carp.

http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/pdfs/AquaticInvasiveSpecies.pdf
http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=3046
http://www.conbio.org/CIP/article82ali.cfm
http://www.natureserve.org/consIssues/invasivespecies.jsp
http://www.reason.com/news/show/34965.html
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2004/jul/jul15b_04.html
http://www.sgnis.org/publicat/proceed/aide/pime2003.htm
http://www.cctv.com/program/nature&science/20060411/101086.shtml
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_25_16/ai_63323565
http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/sn_arc99/10_9_99/food.htm
http://oregonprogress.oregonstate.edu/story.php?S_No=197&storyType=oap&page=1

This one finds the first sighting of the asian carp was in '96, so we are 11 years in to the fight and it's only gotten worse.
http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/publications/notes/HOVEY_LAKE.pdf

Answer 2

If they don't take some very drastic, evasive maneuver, and real soon, we're going to loose the battle and the lake will be gone and, a way of life as we know it.

There going to be forced to use dynamite, electricity or poison to stop them, at any cost and, if necessary, start over.

The next time they allow some dumb *** to start a business like this, they'd better think twice. This has happen with the Salmon that were genetically altered also, someone in Government needs their heads examined.

Answer 3

As I understand, there is only 1 electric fence between the carp and lake michigan. Supposedly that is not enough to stop them. Not to mention the Chinese think it's good luck to release them, and people have actually been caught trying to release them into lake ontario. I hope we can keep them out somehow.

Answer 4

Asain carp have been further right here as a hatchery fish, yet while they have been given loose everybody theory they could be eaten with the help of Bass and Catfish even though it grew to become into so unusual to the community fish it survived, and now they administration countless the Illinois river.

Answer 5

I live in Missouri. Spend a lot of time on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Fishing and pleasure boating. These are the closest things I have seen in my lifetime to being an ecological disaster in the US. Ranking next to the African killer bees.

Barriers MIGHT impede them, but rather doubt they will stop their migration.

Answer 6

Wow it's been 8 years since you posted and people responded to this apparently. Well it's been almost a decade and not much has been done to remove them. So far they are still moving ahead. I give them another decade and the Great Lakes will change as we know them.

Answer 7

We need to lock the borders & stuff like this wouldn't happen.

Answer 8

They will get in eventually, unfortunately they are hear to stay ;(