Ontario takes Asian carp fight to U.S. Supreme Court

Ontario has filed a motion in the U.S. Supreme court, supporting a lawsuit aimed at preventing the spread of an invasive fish into the Great Lakes that could cause billions of dollars in damage to the fishing industry.
Ontario Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield told CTV.ca the motion was filed Thursday morning by the province's Attorney General.
Ontario -- the only Canadian province that borders the Great Lakes -- joins U.S. states Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin in support of a lawsuit launched by Michigan earlier this month, demanding the state of Illinois shut down shipping locks in Chicago to prevent the Asian carp from spreading into Lake Michigan.
Aquatic biologists warn that once the fish gets into Lake Michigan, it will spread uncontrollably into the other Great Lakes, and eat so much, it will starve off native species. DNA evidence has shown the fish are 10 kilometres from the mouth of Lake Michigan, close to a barrier intended to block them from infiltrating the lake.
Michigan claims the Asian carp would cause $7 billion in damage to the Great Lakes' fishing industries. Ontario would be hit especially hard because it borders four out of the five lake

Quote: Originally Posted by darkbeaver

Then you can make the big contributions.

Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf

Blech! I'll take whitefish and pickerel over lox any day....

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnnny

Yea me too, although ill tell you those sea lamprey are going to do a number on them ... mabye give the smaler walleye, pike, and whitefish a chance

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnnny

white sucker fish, yummy they actually taste good believe it or not

Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf

Blech! I'll take whitefish and pickerel over lox any day....

Quote: Originally Posted by ironsides

Lox are salmon not carp.

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnnny

white sucker fish, yummy they actually taste good believe it or not

Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf

I know you're right. Depends on what restaurant you go into. Great hook for the suckers, eh?

Nice little place near Bathurst and Egligton. The way lox was presented on the menu read like manna from heaven. What came looked a lot like the mashed potatoes ... and tasted like spiced mud: carp!

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Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf

I know you're right. Depends on what restaurant you go into. Great hook for the suckers, eh?

Nice little place near Bathurst and Egligton. The way lox was presented on the menu read like manna from heaven. What came looked a lot like the mashed potatoes ... and tasted like spiced mud: carp!

Quote: Originally Posted by Ron in Regina

A potentially 60lb freshwater fish that can eat 30lbs a day...and they
can go airborn to avoid obstacles and predators...and they like cold
water.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ron in Regina

With their growth rate...it's a shame they're not good eating. Perhaps
they can be commercially harvested for pet food or fertilizer or
something along those lines. The answer might lay in making
it profitable to clean up (or clean out) this mess....

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonington

The solution is to eat them. Turn them into fish sticks or fillet-o-fish, or something like that. I mean those value added products taste like crap anyways. Who would notice? Heck, McDonalds could even call the Fillet-o-fish an ecologically responsible product, or some other BS branding.

Gill nets, electro-fish, anglers, dip-net, whatever. Just catch them. I told this to Bear once before too; there's a product used to induce spawning in captive fish species that fail to mature sexually in domestic environments. It's called Carp pituitary extract. -- than cocaine.