Crown Capital Management

Jakarta Indonesia

A solution for Asian carp

infestation

A solution for Asian carp

infestation

• Brought from the East to aid in

managing aquatic plants in

aquaculture industries, Asian carp has

been unwittingly introduced to

freshwater sources of the US.

Today, they are seen as a big problem

in the fishing industry for their big

appetite and fast

breeding, overshadowing other fish for

space and food in lakes.

• Asian carp presence has been

recorded in around 18 states and are

already established in the areas of

Missouri and Illinois. The fish

threatening to mess with the USD 7

billion sport and commercial fishing

industry of the Great Lakes can grow

up to 100 pounds and measure over 4

feet.

• Last resort options to prevent upsetting

the marine biodiversity in the Great

Lakes are harmful to other industries

and would also worsen the road

traffic, ergo an increase in carbon

emissions.

• The Asian Carp Control Strategy

Framework of the government is set to

allocate USD 51.5 billion to protect the

Great Lakes from the asian carp

infestation. This program apparently

involves methods to kill or drive them

away, from poison pellets to

soundwave-shooting underwater guns.

• A more permanent and beneficial solution

seems to be to catch the asian carps and

turn them into foodstuffs like what Schafer

Fisheries in Illinois is doing. Schafer has

been selling 10 million lbs of asian carp

across the world, satisfying a demand for

them in other parts of the world while

helping their locality get rid of a major

headache. Asian carps can be processed

into food products like sausage, jerk,

hotdogs and can also be included in

fertilizers. Even if this one industry will not

be enough to totally stop the proliferation of

Asian carp, it can at least be a major step in

finding a solution.

• Asian carp is a collective term for

several species of carp: grass carp,

black carp, silver carp and bighead

carp.