Community | March 22, 2010 | 10 comments

Supreme Court again denies request to close locks

source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/22/AR2010032201276.html

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The Supreme Court has turned down a second request to immediately close shipping locks to prevent invasive Asian carp from infesting the Great Lakes.

The court on Monday refused a renewed request by Michigan to issue a preliminary injunction that would order the locks closed. The justices turned down the original request in January.

Asian carp have been migrating up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers toward the Great Lakes, swarming waterways leading to Lake Michigan.

Scientists fear that if they reach the lakes, they could disrupt the food chain and endanger the $7 billion fishery.

The biggest Asian carp can weigh 100 pounds and consume up to 40 percent of their body weight daily in plankton, the base of the food chain for Great Lakes fish.

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10 comments // Supreme Court again denies request to close locks

  • courage
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      courage  

    • which judges voted to save the carp probly the leftist ones we need photoshop pictures of them in fish suits saving the poor inocent carp from human predation

    • 1 year ago
  • CaptB
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      CaptB  

    • I know this fish is an aggressive fish and will kill everything. The taste is not like its American cousin. This is something we have to stop for the sake of the ecosystem and the local economy.

      I can see the business owners who depend on the waterway for their businesses though. There is no easy answer here.

      But since I am a progressive that wants to protect the environment, I say lock the lock, and protect the local economy who depend on the fish industry for their livelihood.

    • 1 year ago
  • DJMatt2
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      DJMatt2  

    • Contact Outdoor Life Network and the Food Channel and have a joint Asian Carp tournament and fish fry. No catch-and-release... you catch it, you cook it, you eat it.

      Oh wait, that might make sense... can't have that, can we??

      BTW, the carp used to be considered food here in the US in the 1800's. Maybe it's time to revisit that.

    • 1 year ago
  • csmonut
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      csmonut  
    • DJMatt2:

      I have tried eating carp...there are so many bones in it, but it tasted fine. However, if a person wanted to can them, the bones wouldn't matter.
      I canned salmon one year. Tasted great...but it was a lot of work.

    • 1 year ago
  • jdibari
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      jdibari  
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    • The introduction of an invasive species can quickly destroy an ecosystem and the people that depend on it. A great documentary on Tanzania and the problems they've experienced with Lake Victoria because of the introduction of the Nile Perch. I don't think it's readily available on the web, but it's available for rent or purchase.

      http://www.darwinsnightmare.com/

    • 1 year ago
  • cztheday
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      cztheday  

    • This was a request for a preliminary injunction. This is a procedural tool that is often used as a kind of "time out" to stop damage from occuring temporarily while the problem is looked at in greater detail. An example would be a preliminary injunction temporarily halting the construction of a radio or cell tower to allow more time to consider whether it will be so unsightly as to lower local property values or be a danger to local airplane traffic.

      However, my understanding is that the Supreme Court will be looking at the issue again on April 16th to consider a request by the State of Michigan for a series of hearings at which long-term solutions to the problem can be aired and debated.

    • 1 year ago
  • csmonut
  • Gordie_Caie
  • CaptB
  • csmonut
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      csmonut  

    • I don't know the whole story here, and the article is rather slim, but I have read aout this carp and the damage it can cause should it get loose in the Great Lakes.
      Is this just more of the "screw the environment" left over from the Bush years?
      The FWS has been known to poison lakes to kill eveything because of an invasive species that virtually wiped out all other life.
      Does the Supreme Court want to see something like this?

    • 1 year ago
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