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Chapter 38 How can there be any invasive species

Although the fish that jumped into his arms disrupted Chen Qixiu's plan to demonstrate his spearfishing skills, Chen Qi was really speechless.

I just want to catch a fish weighing two to three catties, this...

There are twelve or three pounds!
It can't be stewed in the pot!
Due to helplessness, Chen Qi could only create a wave of "live broadcast effects".

Looking at the live footage of the drone, Chen Qi twisted his mouth contemptuously: "Hmph! Are you insulting my strength!"

With his hands hard, he threw the fish back into the river again.

After washing his hands in the river, Chen Qi wiped his face that was covered in water just now, and stroked his short hair very forcefully: "I eat fish, I must rely on strength!"

The people in the live broadcast room naturally called the experts directly, and they all posted bullet screens saying that the live broadcast business has been completely understood by the anchor...

Taking steps in the shallow water, Chen Qi bent down, holding the "thorn spear", turning his head step by step, looking for fish like Runtu, a spearfisher.

It was only when the river water wet his trousers and was submerged to the water level above his knees that Chen Qi stopped and raised his sticky spear high.

"Did you see that big carp weighs five or six catties, which is just enough for me to divide it into two halves, eat one half and release the other half."

Made a small joke to tease the audience in the live broadcast room, Chen Qi moved his steps slowly, without lifting his legs, and slowly moved close to the fish, ready for a thunderous blow at any time, stabbing the gods gun, and harvest the flesh of this fish to eat.

Then, just when Chen Qi tensed his whole body muscles, his eyes were about to split open, and his nose was wrinkled tightly, and he was about to stab him with a gun.

Accident happened.

With the sound of splashing water, Chen Qi was so frightened that he shrank into a ball in a hurry, and suddenly felt a coldness and sinking in his arms, and something slippery kept thumping on his chest.

"...Damn...it's not so hospitable..."

Bow your head, hehe...

Sure enough, another Asian carp jumped into his arms from the water, and while Chen Qi lowered his head, he flicked its tail and gave him two big mouths.

"Ahem...! That..."

Chen Qiqian looked at the camera in the live broadcast room with a smile: "...luck is actually a kind of strength!"

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"Fuck! What is this, what is this!"

"Fuck! I can't accept it!"

"Fuck! My sister can't stand it!"

"Is this reasonable!"

"It's in the river."

"It's in the Tai River."

"Is it turned on or off now? Turn it off. It's boring."

"The one in front, your sister... I don't know if I can..."

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Holding the fish in his arms, Chen Qi went back to the shore, threw the fish on the stone, and gave it a headshot.

"This... Actually, I expected it a long time ago. I'm not too surprised that this kind of thing happened. The only thing that's a little strange is that I thought they were only interested in boats that were moving a lot.

After all, Asian carp, an invasive species, has been overpopulating for 50 years without natural enemies and no one to control it. This situation seems to be a bit natural. "

Spreading his hands together, Chen Qi curled his lips: "To be reasonable, I'm a little skeptical. Is it true that in the current Great Lakes basin, there are no fish other than Asian carp other than salmon that return to spawn?"

To be precise, the so-called [Asian carp] is not actually a separate species, at least it does not simply refer to carp.

In North America, the term Asian carp is commonly used to refer to Cyprinidae fish including herring, grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, crucian carp, and common carp.

Looking at it this way, these fish species are very familiar fish to people in the big foodie country.

After all, there are only clear records of the recipes that have been used to eat these fish in the big food countries, and it has been more than 1000 years.

Like grass carp and carp, herring, bighead carp and silver carp... It can be said that from snacks to old age, there is even a saying that there is no feast without fish.

Logically speaking, these fish are all freshwater fish. No matter how strong their vitality is, they are not capable of crossing the Pacific Ocean and reaching the Great Lakes Basin of North America.

In fact, all of this originated from a pollution-free water pollution control plan in the 70s.

Because Asian carp can eat anything, and its vitality is still tenacious. It can eat food equivalent to 40% of its own body weight every day. Therefore, in order to clean the water body, the relevant local departments have "organized and planned" to import them in batches. A large number of Asian carp were collected and released into the Great Lakes basin to act as cleaners.

The Asian carp has lived up to expectations and has been highly praised for its ability to control pollution. Many fish farms have followed suit and used it as an excellent "natural pond cleaner" to breed in large numbers and mix it with other native fish species.

However, a sudden flood in the 90s washed the Asian carp in the farm to the upper reaches of the Mississippi River. The Asian carp with strong adaptability took the opportunity to escape to the wild and began to reproduce in large numbers. After that, it was a nightmare for native North American fish. That's it.

The Asian carp that escaped from the "cage" has expanded its territory everywhere. It is huge in size and has an amazing appetite. The native fish are not its opponents at all. In addition, the Asian carp has a strong reproductive ability and can produce hundreds of thousands of eggs a year. , I have no idea of ​​family planning at all.

The Asian carp, which has no natural enemies, soon dominated all the nearby rivers and would eat anything, so it is normal to eat other small fish, fry and eggs.

Chen Qi remembered that in the news he saw at the beginning, those Asian carp were as big as pigs, weighing more than 100 catties at every turn, very greedy... No, very scary!
In order to deal with these cleaners who were hired with a lot of money, the locals also racked their brains.

But helplessly, the locals do not have the habit of eating this kind of fish, so in order to arouse the interest of the common people, the government also found another way.

First of all, it is natural to open the policy of fishing Asian carp all year round.Other animals have a hunting season, but it does not, and regardless of size, Juehu Net is the best choice.

The second is round after round of fishing competitions, with bonuses.

Moreover, it is a fishing competition that allows contestants to fish with bare hands, nets, harpoons, and even fish in the air with baseball bats. Thousands of Asian carps jump out of the water, huge, plump, and moving at every turn. A large pile of carp weighing [-] to [-] kilograms flew up against the boats on the water and knocked the contestants into the water one by one. The scene was very spectacular!
What's more, in some places, methods such as beating with electricity, poisoning, and horizontal barbed wire were adopted. As a result, the Asian carp with strong vitality was fine, but the local fish was much less.

Later, with the failure of the official $180 billion fish control bill, the Asian carp finally officially reached the top, becoming the undisputed dominant invasive species.

Now, 50 years have passed since he completely gave up governance at that time. Chen Qi feels that the two carps that jumped into his arms and came to his door may really be just "children". How big is an Asian carp.

Maybe it's not necessarily true that they are all so refined.

I took the time to glance at the live broadcast room, and as expected, following his explanation, the audience was all calling for friends there, and wanted to form a group to go fishing on the parent planet.

Judging by the situation, there may not be enough fish for them to hang.

Chen Qi let out a long sigh.

No wonder, this stuff hasn't spread in the big foodie country.

It is really……

There is simply not enough fishing and not enough food!
(End of this chapter)