Utah trying to shake 50M pounds of carp

[The Straight Story]

Utah trying to shake 50M pounds of carp


PROVO, Utah, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Utah wildlife officials said they are open to ideas for disposing of 50 million pounds of carp slated for removal from a lake.

Chris Keleher, recovery programs assistant director for the Utah Department of Natural Resources, said the department is planning to remove about 50 million pounds of carp from Utah Lake, near Provo, during the next six years to allow the population of June sucker, a native fish on the federal endangered list, to recover, The New York Times reported Friday.

He said officials are seeking destinations for the removed fish, which will account for about 75 percent of the current carp population in the lake.

"We're looking pretty much at a spectrum of uses that could go anywhere from land-filling, which we really don't want to do, all the way up to human consumption," Keleher said. "The most promising idea right now is liquid fertilizer."

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/27/Utah-trying-to-shake-50M-pounds-of-carp/UPI-48221259337630/

[JVS]

1. Mr. Burns' Slurry

[wryter2000]

16. LOL

:rofl:

I wish we still had DUzy's. :rofl:

[neverforget]

22. LOL Great Simpsons Episode!

[phasma ex machina]

2. My adrenalin junkie hygienist told me about scuba diving with a shark

at a hot springs diving mecca near Salt Lake City.

[aikoaiko]

3. fertilizer?

:shrug:

[JVS]

5. Remember the story about how Squanto knew how to make to corn grow well?

[QC]

10. Fish emulsion is the best fertilizer on earth, bar none.

Plenty of nitrogen, doesn't burn.

Of course, it smells about like one would expect something called "fish emulsion" to smell.

One woman told me that when she watered her flowers with it, the cats came during the night and dug them up.

[aikoaiko]

11. Yes, I meant my comment to suggest fertilizer as the obvious choice because I misread the article

and didn't see that it was one of the suggestions.

I'm sure there are a lot of farmers in Utah who would welcome cut rate fertilizer.

[QC]

12. Oh, OK. Fertilizer really is an excellent choice.

Have you ever tried fish emulsion?

[aikoaiko]

29. Actually, my father and I would bury whole fish in the graden every few feet.

We were simple like that.

[QC]

33. I've never tried that one.

I bet the feral cats the lady across the street hoards would love it!

[ensho]

4. food first, liquid fertilizer for food crops second

nt

[Sal Minella]

9. I love smoked carp. But this job would take a big smoke house. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

6. That's a lot of gefilte fish...

I wonder if they thought of turning it into cat fud?

On edit: Yes, it IS spelled "fud."

[DainBramaged]

21. Yes it is fud

[tabasco]

7. It's pretty good to eat.

Sort of like catfish.

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[tabasco]

34. Must be a different kind than what I had. n/t

[cowcommander]

8. Liquid fertilizer sounds good

I've read before that one of the biggest uses of petroleum products is as a fertilizer, and that much of the world's grain yields would be impossible without cheap oil. If carp can be used as an alternative, go for it.

[tomm2thumbs]

13. send it to FoxNews - 50 million lbs of rotting fish could help cover the stink of their news

but even that is a stretch

[wryter2000]

17. LOL

:rofl:

[notadmblnd]

14. fertilizer

[Atman]

15. School lunch, anyone?

:shrug:

.

[wryter2000]

18. Didn't Reagan declare carp a vegetable? n/t

n/t

[Sal Minella]

19. He tried, but by that time

he'd already been declared a vegetable himself.

[rurallib]

20. Elect it to congress. It is at least as smart as Bennet and Hatch.

[Sal Minella]

27. And more pleasant than Grassley and Bachman.

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[rucky]

25. Take it to the Gefelte Fish factory.

just in time for Passover

[era veteran]

26. Compost it

Holiday trees should be a good counter.

[Ikonoklast]

28. Ground up for fertilizer, or dried for fish meal.

Wonder if there is a pet food processor nearby.

[Odin2005]

30. Give it to the poor to eat.

[HughMoran]

31. Carp in Utah, carp taking over Lake Michigan

Please tell me that human ingenuity can find a use for 10's of millions of pounds of protein.

:think:

[tonysam]

32. They need go shake 50B pounds of crap in that state

n/t