[Twisted Pleasure]

http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/arka...act&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Outdoor Hub News&utm_content=June+6,+2012+New

So I guess we are surrounded by grass carp but don't have them? Has anyone ever seen one in Michigan?

 

[Guest]

Uhhhhhhh unless I'm totally confused grass carp are not Asian carp. There is only two kinds of "silver" carp, the Asian and the big head. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Trentsmith]

You are correct. TP is a dufus.

 

[Bryant]

That is pretty freaking dumb. Sooooo can grass carp reproduce? I have heard they cannot because they are a hybrid? That might be fun though. A Asian Grass Carp that gets 80lbs and travels in schools of 100's and that jump completely out of the water. That would be my dream fish hahaha

 

[Guest]

So he was selling grass carp not Asian carp? Are grass carp illegal in Michigan? Here in Tennessee we have grass carp but also have both silver carp species and it's illegal to transport live silver carp but not grass carp because grassies are a native species from what I've read in the regulations

 

[TXBA]

That is pretty freaking dumb. Sooooo can grass carp reproduce? I have heard they cannot because they are a hybrid? That might be fun though. A Asian Grass Carp that gets 80lbs and travels in schools of 100's and that jump completely out of the water. That would be my dream fish hahaha

i hear they cannot....but...Ive also heard of species evolving to be able to reproduce.

 

[Team HBC]

Asian carp are silver and bighead carp. Grass carp are not considered Asian carp (don't know why they called them that), and grass carp that are in the river systems of the U.S. and some lakes CAN reproduce. Grass carp also are NOT a native species. No carp is native to the U.S. Asian carp and grass carp are invasive species and are illegal to have live in your possession here in Indiana (Grass carp you can by permit in an enclosed pond). The law states that these fish should be killed upon possession in Indiana and not returned into the water.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for clearing some of that up for me

 

[DonArkie]

I hope they hang his dumb azz out to dry.

 

[afflicted]

I think grass carp reproduce. We've shot smaller 1s wer I know that no1 put there. And if they didn't reproduce then they'd all b gone by now, right??

 

[HardCore]

A percentage of grass carp do reproduce. When they create they "sterile" version, some do not actually get the extra set of chromosomes to make them sterile. Thats why there are Diploid ( fertile) and tripliod (strerile) strains. Either thru temperature shock or Uv lighting, the fertilized egg is believed to have been sterilized but there is no way of telling untill the fish is hatched. By then they are all mixed up so there is a small perentage that are capable of breeding. The news guys are not technically wrong for calling them "Asian carp " really. They are from The Armur River basin in East Asia and that is where they get their name "White Amur". I believe they just used "Asian " as an attention grabber.

 

[BIGchris]

You are correct. TP is a dufus.

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[Twisted Pleasure]

You are correct. TP is a dufus.

Your forgiven....$&@!?&€¥£%

 

[BIGchris]

Asian carp are silver and bighead carp. Grass carp are not considered Asian carp (don't know why they called them that), and grass carp that are in the river systems of the U.S. and some lakes CAN reproduce. Grass carp also are NOT a native species. No carp is native to the U.S. Asian carp and grass carp are invasive species and are illegal to have live in your possession here in Indiana (Grass carp you can by permit in an enclosed pond). The law states that these fish should be killed upon possession in Indiana and not returned into the water.

Seven carp species that are native to Asia have been introduced into the United States: bighead carp, black carp, grass carp, silver carp, common carp, goldfish, and crucian carp.

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364_52261_54896-232231--,00.html

 

[Twisted Pleasure]

:fire:

 

[riverocket]

In Va grass carp are used for weed control in ponds. You can only transport live triploid grass carp with a Game and Inland fisheries permit. And we cant shoot'm either.