Originally Posted by
M R Dux
I've been concerned about the Asian Carp for years and have voiced my opinion, most of the time to deaf ears. Nobody is happier to see the steps being taken to help the commercial fishermen make more $$ off their extremely hard labor. For whatever reason, the steps like the ice house and transfer stations is something that had been proposed for years. I guess the government moves at a snail's pace most of the time.
One thing that I can't get out of my mind is this: once all this $$ is spent to help the fishing industry, does anybody think they will try to work themselves out of a job? The Asian market for these carp is being served by a regional company that is growing yearly. Don't get me wrong, I'm tickled to see any efforts to get rid of the carp. I'm just concerned that once all the infrastructure is set in place, we will see numbers of the carp taken each year but the total eradication will never happen. Our lakes and rivers could possibly end up with a stable population that will feed the Asian demand for these fish. Could we possibly see the lakes being used as a big part of the supply chain? We provide the place to raise the fish while a huge part of the $$ being made off the carp goes to some multi-national companies that could care less about the effects of the carp on our fisheries.
Food for thought.