crazy suicidal carp invade river

[TowPro]

ST. LOUIS-August 28, 2003 — Crazy carp have invaded Missouri's rivers. Two species of nonnative carp have been jumping into boats, injuring occupants and damaging the watercraft.



A state fisheries biologist motoring near Columbia had a filling knocked out of his tooth by a high-flying fish that struck him on the side of the head. Another state biologist in the St. Charles area was seriously hurt when he was hit by a giant carp.



Brian Todd of the Missouri Department of Conservation said the big head carp and silver carp were brought to private fish hatcheries from Asia by the aquaculture industry. They were intended to eat excess algae and waste in aquaculture ponds – which grow fish for food as well as bait and tropical fish. But they escaped in floodwaters in 1993, 1995 and 2002.



"This could be an indefinite problem," Todd said. "They are safe to eat, but ecologically they could damage the mussel population and are competing with native fish for food. We are going to hear more and more over the next few years about the problems these fish are causing, especially injuries to boaters and anglers. "



Todd said the carp have been spotted in many of Missouri's rivers, including throughout the Missouri River.



"The sound of a propeller under water makes these fish go crazy," Todd said. "The fish don't jump if you're sitting there without the motor on, but the higher the RPMs, the greater the noise, the higher these fish jump. "

 

[B.G. Smith]

Suicidal carp

They must be Muslim carp. bg

 

[Proram]

Ahhh what a load of Carp!!!





Scott

 

[Champane Flight]

Try

Try Carp-et bombing.....

 

[mcoleman]

catchers mitts instead of fishing poles although they are probably only good to eat if you can them or make fish patties.

 

[Scot]

Found this but it did not have a link:



PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian teenager has died of suffocation after a fish he caught jumped out of his hands and lodged in his throat, newspapers reported. Lim Vanthan, 17, and his family were planting rice at the weekend near their home on the outskirts of the impoverished Southeast Asian nation's capital, when they decided to go for a swim.



During his dip, Lim Vanthan caught a prized 20 cm (8 inch) fish, called kantrob in Cambodian, with his hands.



But the high school student's excitement was short-lived when his catch squirmed out of his hands and jumped into his mouth, where it became stuck because of barbs running down its back.



He died of suffocation before he could receive treatment at a local clinic, the newspapers said.



"This is an accident, but it shows we must all be careful," concluded the Khmer-language Rasmei Kampuchea (Light of Cambodia) newspaper. "Accidents can happen at any time. "