Fed Report Asian Carp commercial fishing

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Please go to asiancarp.us Feds site. Released March 2012 Fishing Down the Bighead and silver carps, reducing the risk of invasion to the Great lakes. 2800 asian carp per mile, probably low because they didn't check backwaters and side channels. Nearly 100% of all fish over 16 inches, and are affecting native fish populations.

Please keep in mind, this is after millions of pounds harvested. Plus ALL sizes must be harvested to reduce the population.

Asian Carp have all the attributes to survive quite well here, they also eat larval native fish. The feds admit we have native predators for juvenile Asian Carp, we merely need sufficient numbers which we do not have, but could have. search (biotic resistance), predator type dont matter, numbers of matters.