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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1018620" data-attributes="member: 38206">Asian Carp: Can&#039;t Beat Them? Eat ThemIn the Midwest, Asian carp are making their way up the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The foreign invaders can grow to be 80 to 100 pounds. They&#039;re ravenous eaters, consuming up to 40 percent of their own body weight in plankton each day. And they&#039;re bullies, pushing out weaker, native species.&nbsp;But downriver, bighead and silver carp are rapidly taking over parts of the Illinois. And one way to control the population can be phrased this way: &quot;If you can&#039;t beat &#039;em, eat &#039;em.&quot;On a recent day, Briney and his stepson, Jeremy Fisher, took in about 10,000 to 12,000 pounds of Asian carp from the Illinois River. Their catch ended up at Schafer Fisheries, a processing plant in Thomson, Ill.&nbsp; Plant owner Mike Schafer has spent the last seven years developing a market for Asian carp. He says his company sells more than 2 million pounds each year — mostly in Asian-American communities in California, New York and Chicago. <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5542199" target="_blank">Asian Carp: Can&#039;t Beat Them? Eat Them : NPR</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1018620, member: 38206"] [B]Asian Carp: Can't Beat Them? Eat Them In the Midwest, Asian carp are making their way up the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The foreign invaders can grow to be 80 to 100 pounds. They're ravenous eaters, consuming up to 40 percent of their own body weight in plankton each day. And they're bullies, pushing out weaker, native species. But downriver, bighead and silver carp are rapidly taking over parts of the Illinois. And one way to control the population can be phrased this way: "If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em." On a recent day, Briney and his stepson, Jeremy Fisher, took in about 10,000 to 12,000 pounds of Asian carp from the Illinois River. Their catch ended up at Schafer Fisheries, a processing plant in Thomson, Ill. Plant owner Mike Schafer has spent the last seven years developing a market for Asian carp. He says his company sells more than 2 million pounds each year — mostly in Asian-American communities in California, New York and Chicago. [url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5542199]Asian Carp: Can't Beat Them? Eat Them : NPR[/url] [/B] [/QUOTE]

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