Thread: KY F&W Meeting 25 Oct Grand Rivers

Thx. I am faceless. Probably better for the world.

It seems as tho nothing is happening but they are working hard for a solution....anyone else who goes say hey to me!!

I am curious if they are looking into something other than the Commercial Fishing Industry to control the Asian Carp. I know it would be nice if someone else solved our problem, but the commercial aspect is affected by too many outside economic influences to be sure fire cure for that which ails us. Other countries have gone to biological methods - Australia has developed a strain of herpes virus that is controlling their particular species of carp. I know that approach is risky, but if we don't do something this epidemic will steamroll into economic disaster when the carp reach the Great Lakes.

I'm glad they are conducting this meeting, the public deserves to know exactly what's going on. I read somewhere that these two lakes bring in 600 or 700 million dollars into the Western Kentucky and Western Tennessee economy. I sure hope they eliminate these unwanted fish.

I've got mixed feelings about the "eradication" ideas .... jus' sayin' !!

Commercial fishing & the processing centers would only keep them "down" .. not eliminate them, as that would be a financial bust for them.

They can't be eliminated from our waters UNLESS we come up with a biological weapon that TRULY works ONLY on them. Commercial netters can't get all of them out of KY/Barkley lakes, because they would just get right back in those lakes ... the same way they got there in the first place. They'd have to use those bio weapons on every inch of water the carp even have a chance at being in ... and that would cost BILLIONS of $$

We may have to learn to like eating them, or raise the price on the export of them, if we can't develop a biological eradication method.

I'll be there!!

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

I've got mixed feelings about the "eradication" ideas .... jus' sayin' !!

Commercial fishing & the processing centers would only keep them "down" .. not eliminate them, as that would be a financial bust for them.

They can't be eliminated from our waters UNLESS we come up with a biological weapon that TRULY works ONLY on them. Commercial netters can't get all of them out of KY/Barkley lakes, because they would just get right back in those lakes ... the same way they got there in the first place. They'd have to use those bio weapons on every inch of water the carp even have a chance at being in ... and that would cost BILLIONS of $$

We may have to learn to like eating them, or raise the price on the export of them, if we can't develop a biological eradication method.

If you leave even just a handful we'll be right where we are at now in 10-15 years time. I am not sure how you get every single one of them but I hope they find a way.

Only saw a couple of folks that I knew. The main points that I took away about the Asian carp problem is this:
• they do not have the multi million funding to truly do battle with these fish.
• current industry growth potential and the state "selling" the business opportunity is currently ongoing.
• there are some things that the state and feds are working on right now BUT would not elaborate on until complete. They said it should be very soon.
• and last but not least. They need us, the fisherman, to provide proof and evidence that these fish are adapting in our waters. Example:
• pictures of these fish that have digested any of our native sport fish
• pictures of these fish biting, hitting, taking an artificial or live bait presentations.

This evidence is needed to show the feds how these fish are adapting by not only eating plankton, but shad and sport fish. They are already adapting to netting, electro fishing, and any disturbance to their environment.

My point to the state is also this. If the state and feds decided to leave the lakes level higher longer in the early 1980's for the almighty tourism dollars, had no idea they would ruin the button bushes 20 years later.
So now, since there is no money in it, they don't want to push the issue with these fish.
But, in 20 years, we might not have a fishery for crappie, Bass and bream, and their tourism dollars will deminish leaving business and industry to die, communities to crumble. But we will have almost 300,000 acres of Asian carp.

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