04-24-2013, 01:38 AM
Hey - congrats on your paper. Are you graded on a curve?
You should look again at the stats on how many pounds of carp are being removed. Not sure what canals you're referring to, but most in my area are there to deliver irrigation waters. Many are already infested with carp. Plus to dump that mass of carp into those canals would clog them and really trudge up their usefulness.
There have been sterile grass carp introduced to some community ponds to help keep weeds at bay. But these are not sterile carp.
To process and market that mass of flesh would be quite an undertaking. They're on an 8 year mission to make up for mistakes made many decades ago. You should consider getting Tubedudes book on Utah lake. UL used to be quite the toxic dump. Big fish from there are not still not suitable for consumption. Now it's more the agricultural runoff, than the heavy metals.
Plus - easy enough to catch and carve your own for cafish bait. If anyone wants some carp minnows, just let me know. I got a freezer full!
Now if there was a simple way to sterilize these beasts and then release them into other wild waters, it would be a monumental and costly task to transport fish.
[inline "CARP CAESAREAN.jpg"]
I don't post this just as a "shock" pic, but it also demonstrates the massive number of eggs a single female carp can distribute.
I'll suggest you get out there, and save as many carp as you can, meanwhile - maybe best to just let this thread go the way of the Dodo.
You should look again at the stats on how many pounds of carp are being removed. Not sure what canals you're referring to, but most in my area are there to deliver irrigation waters. Many are already infested with carp. Plus to dump that mass of carp into those canals would clog them and really trudge up their usefulness.
There have been sterile grass carp introduced to some community ponds to help keep weeds at bay. But these are not sterile carp.
To process and market that mass of flesh would be quite an undertaking. They're on an 8 year mission to make up for mistakes made many decades ago. You should consider getting Tubedudes book on Utah lake. UL used to be quite the toxic dump. Big fish from there are not still not suitable for consumption. Now it's more the agricultural runoff, than the heavy metals.
Plus - easy enough to catch and carve your own for cafish bait. If anyone wants some carp minnows, just let me know. I got a freezer full!
Now if there was a simple way to sterilize these beasts and then release them into other wild waters, it would be a monumental and costly task to transport fish.
[inline "CARP CAESAREAN.jpg"]
I don't post this just as a "shock" pic, but it also demonstrates the massive number of eggs a single female carp can distribute.
I'll suggest you get out there, and save as many carp as you can, meanwhile - maybe best to just let this thread go the way of the Dodo.