1) Do not compare fish to humans. Humans have a mean to freely migrate wherever and whenever they want; a fish does not migrate halfway across the world without man intervention.
2) Every bits help. Every female carp you kill, the less eggs that are being laid. The less hatched carps there are, it allow the natives to stick around longer and perhaps find a new niché -- which in itself is a rare occurance. The battle may seem worthless, useless and self-defeating, but there is a good logic.
3) The more we fight the invasive species, the longer the existing ecosystem will hang there. It slow down the spread of the species into other native ecosystems, and allow those ecosystem to absorb the ecological shock more easily.
Think about it -- if there are 6 invasive fish and they lay 300 eggs each -- 3 are which are females. Let say Joe killed one of the females, that means that instead of 900 eggs, there are now 600 eggs. So instead of 900 fish going around, the ecosystem only have to cope the shock of 600, not the shock of 900.
Now -- most lakes and waterways should have a fish cleaning stations OR a public dumpster. If worse come to worst, you can always eat the carp, give it to a friend, feed it to your dog or bury it.
2) Every bits help. Every female carp you kill, the less eggs that are being laid. The less hatched carps there are, it allow the natives to stick around longer and perhaps find a new niché -- which in itself is a rare occurance. The battle may seem worthless, useless and self-defeating, but there is a good logic.
3) The more we fight the invasive species, the longer the existing ecosystem will hang there. It slow down the spread of the species into other native ecosystems, and allow those ecosystem to absorb the ecological shock more easily.
Think about it -- if there are 6 invasive fish and they lay 300 eggs each -- 3 are which are females. Let say Joe killed one of the females, that means that instead of 900 eggs, there are now 600 eggs. So instead of 900 fish going around, the ecosystem only have to cope the shock of 600, not the shock of 900.
Now -- most lakes and waterways should have a fish cleaning stations OR a public dumpster. If worse come to worst, you can always eat the carp, give it to a friend, feed it to your dog or bury it.
