"Scientists: Make invasive carp zoo feed"

Haw-haw!

ST. LOUIS - Voracious carp that can literally throw themselves right into boats and pose a major ecological threat to Midwestern rivers and lakes could someday be a meal at the local zoo. ...

There's little profit for commercial fishermen in harvesting the fish. But the St. Louis Zoo may have a partial answer to that problem, as a team of researchers seeks to create a carp product to feed to animals.

"We want to make good food of bad fish," said Ellen Dierenfeld, staff nutritionist at the zoo.

University of Missouri-Columbia food scientist Andrew Clarke has developed a "carp cake" made from raw, ground fish.

Carp are crap. Feed 'em to the fish-eaters at the zoo, and get 'em out of our lakes. They are an imported species that poses all kinds of dangers to local ecosystems. And, they can hurt you, too.

The high-jumping fish can be so dangerous that Missouri Department of Conservation staff wear head gear for protection while motoring on fast-moving boats. Some have protective netting around the driver area and across the bow.
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"They can break your nose or knock you out of the boat," said Duane Chapman, a fisheries biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey who is part of the team working on the feed project.

Grind 'em up, I say.