Saw on the news that an Asian carp was caught 9 miles from the Great Lakes which I guess is past the electric barrier. Yikes! 

Time to engineer a DNA-specific virus that dissolves

the Asian Carp in under 10 seconds with zero harm to

the surrounding environment and water species!

 

Commander Data, make it so!

 

I was thinking I'd heard they'd already sampled Asian carp DNA in one of the Great Lakes? They're nasty fish to have in a body of water. Fun to shoot with a bow, and good cutbait for big catfish, but stinking, slimy, bleeding all over, nasty fish. 

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I was thinking I'd heard they'd already sampled Asian carp DNA in one of the Great Lakes? They're nasty fish to have in a body of water. Fun to shoot with a bow, and good cutbait for big catfish, but stinking, slimy, bleeding all over, nasty fish. 

They have found DNA in the Great Lakes but no actual fish. They said this is the second time since 2013 an actual fish has been caught past the barrier.

I'm an optimist. I don't think they will thrive if they were ever to get into the Great Lakes. The zebra mussels have already done a number on the plankton. Without a viable food source, and lack of current, I don't see them as a threat.....and I hope I'm correct 

29 minutes ago, slonezp said:

I'm an optimist. I don't think they will thrive if they were ever to get into the Great Lakes. The zebra mussels have already done a number on the plankton. Without a viable food source, and lack of current, I don't see them as a threat.....and I hope I'm correct 

I agree with you except for one point. Back in China, they don't live in rivers, they are lake fish. Because of that, no one thought they would flourish in rivers here. Even here, they were initially raised in ponds before they escaped into our rivers.