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We already have the garden variety carp, at least in Ontario, thanks to our dingbat English ancestors who imported them (as SPORT FISH) in the 19th century.
I believe our ancestors were responsible for our problem too - that's way no-one kicks up much of a fuss.. It's like the cane toad problem - a problem you live with until someone finds a solution.

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The special quality of the Asian carp, beyond their voraciousness, is the unnerving way they hurl themselves into the sky whenever a motorized vessel passes by.
Huh?!? You're Americans! Can't you just shoot them??
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