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.
