06-03-2012, 08:30 AM
(06-02-2012, 12:01 PM)eppie Wrote: You have carp.....can't they take them out and use them for something? Huge quantities of animal-biomass that you can use without damaging a ecosystem (even helping it) are scarce these days. The seas in 20 years will only have jellyfish....and they are 99% water so harvesting them will probably never be economcially feasible...and we first need to find a use for them.
When something gets introduced to one of the Great Lakes, "taking them out" is no small thing. People want to eat walleye, perch, and a few other local treats. Asian carp, not so much.