Comments on: What To Do With Invasive Asian Carp: Electrocute, Poison, or Bow and Arrow? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Thomas Hodson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/#comment-31795 Thomas Hodson Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:07:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=35125#comment-31795 I have heard that there are processing plants being built along the banks of the Mississippi River. I would like to know why that commercial fisherman aren't fishing them. Is it a lot of work? Or just dangerous? Or just not enough money in it? I have heard that there are processing plants being built along the banks of the Mississippi River. I would like to know why that commercial fisherman aren’t fishing them. Is it a lot of work? Or just dangerous? Or just not enough money in it?

]]> By: Biomax Tech http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/#comment-31791 Biomax Tech Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:39:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=35125#comment-31791 The problem why no active fishers are working hard on catching them is because demand for them is so low. No one wants to eat them, what for am I catching them? That is why I feel we should like free market and capitalist forces work to our advantage. Consumers either want to eat them, chefs learn how to cook them or fish farmers recognize their value as nutritious animal feed. The problem why no active fishers are working hard on catching them is because demand for them is so low. No one wants to eat them, what for am I catching them?

That is why I feel we should like free market and capitalist forces work to our advantage. Consumers either want to eat them, chefs learn how to cook them or fish farmers recognize their value as nutritious animal feed.

]]> By: Tommy Boy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/#comment-31786 Tommy Boy Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:19:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=35125#comment-31786 I don't see the problem or why everyone is in a panic. All the idle shrimp trawler boats (because shrimp are overfished) from the gulf of Mexico states could easly wipe them out in a couple of open season years. The trawlers all have sorting tables to throw back the game fish unharmed. Then feed all the carp to hogs and raise virtualy free pork. I don’t see the problem or why everyone is in a panic. All the idle shrimp trawler boats (because shrimp are overfished) from the gulf of Mexico states could easly wipe them out in a couple of open season years. The trawlers all have sorting tables to throw back the game fish unharmed. Then feed all the carp to hogs and raise virtualy free pork.

]]> By: adam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/#comment-31785 adam Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:58:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=35125#comment-31785 @ George Myers. I wouldn't count on NY getting anything large scale done in a reasonable time frame. Here in Buffalo, we have been waiting 15 years for the plans to be finalized for another bridge into Canada. @ George Myers. I wouldn’t count on NY getting anything large scale done in a reasonable time frame. Here in Buffalo, we have been waiting 15 years for the plans to be finalized for another bridge into Canada.

]]> By: Rooster http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/#comment-31784 Rooster Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:29:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=35125#comment-31784 When the fish start hopping', just start dropping' TNT. Grind them up, dry them out & sell the dust to farmers. What did the Indians use to fertilize their crops ? Spread it over the fields. Disk it in. Plant your seeds. No more chemicals. The Asian Carp will become extinct in the U.S. within 5 years. Problem solved. When the fish start hopping’, just start dropping’ TNT. Grind them up, dry them out & sell the dust to farmers. What did the Indians use to fertilize their crops ? Spread it over the fields. Disk it in. Plant your seeds. No more chemicals. The Asian Carp will become extinct in the U.S. within 5 years. Problem solved.

]]> By: Vickie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/#comment-31783 Vickie Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:32:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=35125#comment-31783 This could be the answer to food needs. I have heard of explosives being used by the military to make mass fish kills. Also a lot of people are still hungry, not only in the US, but world wide. How would it work as cattle feed? This could be the answer to food needs. I have heard of explosives being used by the military to make mass fish kills. Also a lot of people are still hungry, not only in the US, but world wide. How would it work as cattle feed?

]]> By: whitecorp http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/#comment-31782 whitecorp Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:13:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=35125#comment-31782 I knew the carp was a "hyperactive" breed of fish, but wasn't of the fact they were actually "super-hyperactive". An evolution perhaps? Peace. I knew the carp was a “hyperactive” breed of fish, but wasn’t of the fact they were actually “super-hyperactive”. An evolution perhaps? Peace.

]]> By: CathyB3 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/#comment-31781 CathyB3 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:02:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=35125#comment-31781 What's the problem? We can drive any species to extinction by over fishing. Eat hardy. What’s the problem? We can drive any species to extinction by over fishing. Eat hardy.

]]> By: JD http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/#comment-31780 JD Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:26:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=35125#comment-31780 Can the meat and send to countries and anybody who needs food. (Sprinkle with a little powdered ginger because it makes a lot of the fishy flavor go away.) Create canned cat food, if cats eat it. Grind up unused stuff, dry and sell as garden fertilizer. Can the meat and send to countries and anybody who needs food. (Sprinkle with a little powdered ginger because it makes a lot of the fishy flavor go away.) Create canned cat food, if cats eat it. Grind up unused stuff, dry and sell as garden fertilizer.

]]> By: Bill Donnell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/18/what-to-do-with-invasive-asian-carp-electrocute-poison-or-bow-and-arrow/#comment-31779 Bill Donnell Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:17:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=35125#comment-31779 I have eaten American Carp and it doesn't taste bad if one can handle all the fine hair like bones which I can't. An old joke going around when I was a boy in Oklahoma was the best way to cook a carp. "Roast it on a pine board. Throw away the carp and eat the board." I have been told that cooking it in a pressure cooker will soften the bones and make them edible as in canned sardines. I have eaten American Carp and it doesn’t taste bad if one can handle all the fine hair like bones which I can’t. An old joke going around when I was a boy in Oklahoma was the best way to cook a carp. “Roast it on a pine board. Throw away the carp and eat the board.” I have been told that cooking it in a pressure cooker will soften the bones and make them edible as in canned sardines.

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