04-24-2013, 01:52 AM
I understand that you want them to be used more, but frankly the market just isn't there to utilize them cost effectively. Just transporting, processing, and packaging would cost more than the market would pay for the product.
I think fish meal or feed would be a possibility, but the initial set up and continuing costs would still be staggering. It might take years to begin seeing a profit.
It would be good if someone set up some kind of continuing business that would have an on going need for harvested carp. Might never happen though.
I don't know about all the canals in Utah, but here there are many farmers that pump into pivots etc. Additional sediment in the system is a huge problem. Then too many canals connect to other water systems which would spread carp to areas where they might become an even bigger problem. Random stocking without impact studies just aren't going to happen.
I don't hate carp, I just think they are destructive and not an asset to any water they are in.
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I think fish meal or feed would be a possibility, but the initial set up and continuing costs would still be staggering. It might take years to begin seeing a profit.
It would be good if someone set up some kind of continuing business that would have an on going need for harvested carp. Might never happen though.
I don't know about all the canals in Utah, but here there are many farmers that pump into pivots etc. Additional sediment in the system is a huge problem. Then too many canals connect to other water systems which would spread carp to areas where they might become an even bigger problem. Random stocking without impact studies just aren't going to happen.
I don't hate carp, I just think they are destructive and not an asset to any water they are in.
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