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Lock and Dam numero uno can be closed also, nothing between St. Paul and North Minneapolis except the concrete company. They want that closed anyway so devlopers can develope the riverfront, I wonder if the developer from NJ is involved somehow?

Great idea but the vicinity needs to pretty far down the river. If they are seen at the St.Croix confluence that should be enough. The reason for this is that sampling has error...and because you see a an incident means there is a smaller chance of the carp being even farther upstream. To save other river systems we should lock the Minnesota River up tight too.

yes, closing it, no traffic commercial or recreational should EVER be allowed on the natural, untouched pristine river. /sarc

KILL THE CARP!

Enviro-wakos claim everyday that humans if left unchecked will over harvest any animal into extinction. Lets test that theory on these carp. No Limits fishing season. These are edible and are used in asian cooking all the time. We have a new export to China ready to be fished out into extinction. The plus side of this solution is that instead of costing millions of dollars and shutting down businesses is that we can actually make money on these carp.

juggler, these fish are filter feeders and thus they cannot be caught using traditional angling techniques.

Blocking off the Minnesota River also is a tall task consider there are no dams on the Minnesota from the confluence at Fort Snelling all the upstream to Granite Falls (over a 2 hour drive from Minneapolis).

All it takes is one person to catch a few of these fish and spread them around to local and northern lakes. Lot of nut cases out there.

It seems inevitable that their spread is coming increasingly closer. Why even play around? The writing is on the wall. The locks serve very little commercial use and require huge subsidy to operate. Not only is it sensible, but cost effective. By the time we discover the Carp are close, some will have gotten through and their spread into Northern MN will be unstoppable. Right now we are in a position where we can do something. Just do it! My biggest fear is that we will make the right decision eventually and close the locks - but we will only do so after it is too late. That would be tragic.

Spilt milk, water under the bridge, shut the gate...... You pick the metaphor they all apply.

The history of these kinds of actions is nearly universal- it's too little; too late. Close the locks NOW- that might slow the invasion for 10 years or so. Then they'll find a way-

"The spread of Asian carp in our state's rivers would have a disastrous ecological impact and harm Minnesota's recreation and fishing industries that are so important to our state's economy," Klobuchar said. Fishing industries? It's been illegal to commercially fish in Minnesota since 1982.