They're crazy. They are voracious and eat all the algae and plankton, starving smaller fish.
This is the 3rd incident since the fall, the paper says. The fish are supposed to be dead when transported, but they are stopping them at the border where the 6,000 fish were found alive. If a truck had an accident, our ecosystem would be doomed, as it is in Illinois.
It is illegal to bring in an invasive species into Ontario. Beware!
'Asian Silver Carp have infested the Illinois River. The fish are migrating up the Mississippi River and can't be stopped. This video is pretty wild.'
Recorded on September 26, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder.
Invasive Asian Silver Carp jumping in Stump Lake (Grafton, IL). The water was relatively calm with just a few carp jumping now and again until the two guys showed up on their motorboat and spooked all the fish.
Company busted sneaking Asian-carp across border
An American company has been slapped with a $20,000 fine after the latest in a string of live fish busts at the border.
I'll bet they were imported to counteract some native species without regard to what they can become. Sad situation. It happened so often in the 50's, 60's, and before. But as we know - it is still occurring today both legally and illegally.
ReplyDeleteI've heard about them. They have been a concern for a long time. It's so upsetting.
ReplyDeleteSo many species traveling these days!
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That's wild alright. I have never seen anything like it. Can you imagine our rivers and lakes being polluted with those? Makes me ill just to think of it.Why would they transport them into Canada?
ReplyDeleteOMG!That's terrifying! We have some terrible invasive species issues over here too.
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