bigugli Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Well it looks like things are going to get complicated in Quebec. Quebec's Ministry of Forests, Wildlife, and Parks has found more than a dozen sites with evidence of Reed carp in the Trois Rivieres area and tributaries. Not pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 What are reed carp? The term asian carp usually refers to grass, silver, bighead, or black carp. There have been sightings of grass carp in the Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence over the last few years. Silver carp are the jumpers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/asian-carp-have-invaded-the-st-lawrence-river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Gotta love media panic Grass carp have been around a long time I saw one about 10 years ago on the river Theses aren't the devastating water destroying jumpers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 Gotta love media panic Grass carp have been around a long time I saw one about 10 years ago on the river Theses aren't the devastating water destroying jumpers Yes, it would be helpful if the media indicated the actual species instead of referring to silver, grass, bighead, & black carp as 'asian carp'. All carp are asian carp. I have never heard of reed carp before. Perhaps that is the french to english translation of grass carp. If so, there have already been several reports of them over the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 Phew this article scared me for a second. It seems that most species of asian carp fit well within the ecosystem (I think) aside from the silver ones. Somewhat related, the US government has re-introduced the alligator gar in the Mississippi in an effort to reduce asian silver carp population; http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/08/conservation-of-ancient-fishes-reintroducing-the-alligator-gar-and-what-about-those-carp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pike Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 Wow, that article is totally misleading. The story is about Asian Carp invading the St. Lawrence while the dramatic jumping carp in the picture are from the Ohio River. Brutal journalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 Wow, that article is totally misleading. The story is about Asian Carp invading the St. Lawrence while the dramatic jumping carp in the picture are from the Ohio River. Brutal journalism. I think that using a single term, asian carp, to refer to several completely different species of fish is far more misleading than using a picture from a different river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acountdeleted Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 If you're bored, read the comments to this article. It has everything from people bring Carp over in their luggage to now Asian Carp getting into the Oceans. I haven't laughed this hard all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueEye Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 The comments in that article are hysterical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpierre Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 Alternative facts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icedude Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Alternative facts Pretty Much CP-trust in journalism--pick a media you like-- is at an all time low--lots of spin--short on facts is the new norm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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