On 8/29/03 3:10 PM, "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" <HOOVERJ_at_wes.army.mil> wrote:
>> TIMES NEWS TRACKER
>>
>> Crazy Carp Have Invaded Missouri's River
>> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>>
>> Filed at 10:24 a.m. ET
>>
>> ST. LOUIS (AP) -- 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.''
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