Asian carp eating

Description:Like many other invasive species, they were introduced by humans in an attempt to address another problem, namely to remove algae from catfish farms and wastewater treatment ponds in the s. The gar's easily identifiable head resembles an alligator and has two rows of needlelike teeth. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel struggle with the nets as adult alligator gar try to escape as their small pond is seined at the Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery in Tupelo, Miss. These tools include removal netting, commercial fishing, microparticle toxins, seismic waterguns, and manipulation of stream flow to encourage spawning in poor locations or settling of eggs. Phelps, whose department leads 20 to 30 workshops on the fish every year, says people hear the name carp and immediately begin to think, "Ew, that's gross. But avid angler Olaf Nelson, who in was the first to catch an alligator gar in Illinois in 50 years—a 2-footer in a stocked lake—said they're important whether anyone wants to fish for them or not.

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