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

[Johnnny]

Surprised this hasnt been posted yet....

CTV News | Ontario takes Asian carp fight to U.S. Supreme Court

Im sure there are people who couldnt care less, but the avid anglers like me this is something to care about

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

 

[darkbeaver]

The carp are better stronger fish, it's the law of nature, a tackle change is what you need. Don't expect our taxes to subsidize your torturing worms by protecting obsolete fish that can't make the cut.

 

[lone wolf]

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

 

[darkbeaver]

Then you can make the big contributions.

 

[lone wolf]

Then you can make the big contributions.

Good idea! Maybe there'll be a use for beaver again

 

[Johnnny]

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

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

 

[lone wolf]

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

Great Lakes are so messed up with invasive species only a complete flush would ever set things right ... and then a scrub to get rid of the damned zebra mussels....

 

[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. Sells for more than cocaine.

 

[lone wolf]

8O Does Rotten Ronnie's still have the sucker sandwich? I had to take stool to the health unit because of one....

 

[Johnnny]

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

 

[lone wolf]

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

Not sure what a Fillet O'Fish was. It might even have been carp. It was the mayo that got me....

 

[Johnnny]

You ever prepare fillets with coarse salt and dill? Throw it on a piece of rye bread and yummy lol

 

[Tonington]

I've never eaten a fillet-o-fish. That's sacrilege in SW Nova Scotia. An indictable offense on your character and reputation!

 

[Johnnny]

the fillet-o-****

i thought they used halibut for those

 

[Liberalman]

That's the fish that jumps right into the boat so what's wrong with that?

 

[ironsides]

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

Lox are salmon not carp.

 

[lone wolf]

Lox are salmon not carp.

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!

 

[Kakato]

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

I only know a few people that eat suckers,I've been ice fishing where people just toss them on top of the ice and the damn things will be kicking 3 hours later.
One tough fish and we have them here at the headwaters on the continental divide.
I dont know how they got here but its hard to believe they swam all the way here as they dont do good in fast water.
That is if your talking about the carp like suckers and not grayling or whitefish as they also resemble a sucker but are good smoked.

 

[Kakato]

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!

YouTube - Asian Carp Invasion Part I

Wow! Thats bloody unreal.You dont even need the rod.

 

[ironsides]

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!

I ate carp once and your description of what it tasted like is perfect. "spiced mud".