Canada patrols Great Lakes to fight against 'eating machine' carp

The Manila Times

Canada patrols Great Lakes to fight against 'eating machine' carp  "They're eating machines," says Trisiah Tugade, an aquatic biologist with Canada's Invasive Carp Program, as she and her team glide along the Grand River — a Lake Erie tributary — looking for fish that could devastate the Great Lakes.  Ontario’s Invading Species Awareness Program (ISAP) / AFP  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe Visit our website at [https://www.manilatimes.net](https://www.manilatimes.net/)  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews

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00:00So this is common carp. It's not one of the invasive carp species. If this were a grass

00:20carp, you see the long dorsal fin here, a grass carp would have a very short dorsal fin. So

00:28that's one of the tell-tale signs.

00:40This is too big.

00:523-3-0

00:531-8-5

00:57Do we need a picture?

00:59Yeah.

01:01The species identified in the field is what that species actually is.

01:06Okay.

01:07And that's just because we can be able to identify and verify that the species that were said

01:13were said were in the water.

01:14Is it Chad?

01:1597?

01:16Right.

01:17I'm more experienced.

01:18Torpedoes.

01:19The crew is preparing to do some boat electrofishing. So it looks like they might be going over

01:31the safety that we do before we perform at a location site.

01:34Next.

01:43That's why we have the location gases so that we can get through the property.

01:49It's a little perking spot though.

01:50Right?

01:51Yeah, see?

01:52And a wood duck.

01:53Is that a wood duck?

01:54There's a little perking spot though.

02:09Right?

02:10Yeah, see?

02:11And a wood duck.

02:16Is that a wood duck?

02:24Is that a wood duck?

02:31Is that a wood duck?

02:40Do you think?

02:44Oh, it's a wood duck.

02:49Grass carp are such eating machines, they can eat up to 40% of their body weight, so that

03:12could be very damaging to our wetlands and any other species that rely on that wetland

03:18for habitat or feeding.

03:20If it is reproductively viable, that's when DFO would deploy sampling teams out into the

03:26vicinity of the capture and target sampling to capture any other invasive species or grass

03:33carp that might be in the waters as well.

03:36So invasive carp has always been a real high concern for the government.

03:40These fish pose significant negative impacts to not only our freshwater ecosystems, but

03:48also to the public who use these waterways for recreational activities.

03:53I was wondering what it was, but I knew it was something different than with technology.

03:58Then you can Google anything and find out that it was an Asian carp.

04:02So kind of didn't know if I should keep it or throw it back because you're not supposed

04:09to possess them, but you also can't let them go alive.

04:11So I didn't really know what to do with it.

04:13So the silver carp is the one I'd be scared about because if I roll down here at 530 in

04:18the morning and they're all jumping out of the water and I got to wear headgear getting

04:22out of the river, then I'd be concerned.

04:24But the grass carp, they don't jump.

04:26The only problem is they eat grass, right?

04:28So they'll, they'll kill a bit of maybe spawning habitat or stuff like that for fish in the

04:34grass, right?

04:58so they can't pass them to the river.

04:59So they'll, at least, just get a bit of water.

05:00So I will get this one I've seen in the river.

05:03Let's go to the river, just love it.

05:04Let's stay in the river.

05:06Let's go first.

05:07Let's go first.

05:08Let's go first.

05:09You know, I will.

05:09Let's go first.

05:10Let's go first.

05:12I will.

05:13Let's go first.

05:14Let's go first.

05:25Let's go once more.

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