Alpine pasture

Chapter 276 Fish damage
Watching Taylor drive the boat on the river at the maximum speed for almost 10 minutes, then stopped and drove the boat back to the pier with the cable tied to the pier. Thornton opened the car door and the three of them, Juan Taylor. I took out a few chairs from the back of the pickup and sat down directly by the river to have lunch.

Biting the beef burger in his hand, Ju An asked Taylor, "How come the fish are so flooded, and the government won't take care of it."

Taylor took a bite of the hamburger and said: "The government has long wanted to govern, but there is no good way. They have tried a series of methods such as poisoning and pulling the power grid, but they don't work. This Thornton knows a little more about his ex-wife. Jean Thornton of Fish Conservation Work said.

Thornton said: "Last year, the government invested more than 5000 million U.S. dollars to treat Asian carp. The old method used to be poisoning. Who knew that Asian carp seemed to be invulnerable to all poisons. Thousands of fish were poisoned to death in the end. How many Asian carps were found, all of which are native fish. There was an intensive poisoning by the government in Hanoi, Illinois, and tens of thousands of fish died. Finally, a half-sized Asian carp was found among these corpses. Now the government every time When preparing to poison the river, it is necessary to evaluate the value of the fish, which takes a lot of manpower and material resources."

Ju An was stunned when he heard that, good guy, this silver carp is so fierce, he is not afraid of poisoning, and then think about the water quality in China compared with the water quality in the United States, who told you to protect the river so well, and go to other places Going to open a chemical plant, if you build a few high-polluting enterprises in the local area, you can guarantee that this kind of big-headed silver carp will also die. The key is to blame the US government for insisting on doing something about environmental protection. You can see what happened.

After thinking about it for a while, Ju An asked, "Then how did this fish get from Asia to the United States?"Could it be that the Chinese brought it over from China? If so, the domestic government should give him a trophy or something, it will not be easy to cause headaches for the whole United States.

After taking a sip of beer, Thornton continued: "No one brought this in. In the past, there were too many plankton in rivers in China, so the government wanted to introduce fish species that feed on plankton to control the plankton in rivers and lakes. The Asian carp was selected and the fish was brought from China to the United States".

Ju An heard it, good guy, this is brought in by your own government, then this is ugly people and you can’t blame the government, what happened by your own government, the old American government thought it introduced a fish that can control microorganisms, who I know that I finally realized that I have introduced a scourge, but it is very in line with the old beauty's style of doing things. Good things can often be messed up by them. This is the best in the world. There is no second. Look at the original support for Saddam , In the end, Lao Sa confronted him. He originally supported the Communist Party, but this guy became a terrorist in the end, and even brought in some fish.

"In the beginning, the plankton was well controlled, but as the fish population expanded, the trouble started. These Asian carps are very spawning. A female Asian carp can lay millions of eggs. It didn't take long for most of the whole river to be full of this kind of fish, and it is said that an Asian carp can eat half of its own body weight in a day. The native fish can't compete with this Asian carp at all, and the survival of many fish is affected. Threats, at this time the government began to think of ways to control these fish, and now the Asian carp is still encroaching on new rivers, by the way, why is the Asian carp nothing to do in China, but it is a big trouble in the United States.” .

Ju An smiled and said: "Actually, the Asian carp you mentioned has several names in China. The one with the largest head is called silver carp, some is called carp, and the other is called fat-headed carp. I don't know the scientific name, anyway, in China. People like to eat these fish very much. There are many ways to eat them, such as braised in soy sauce, charcoal grilled, chopped pepper fish head, etc. Now these fish in China are basically artificially farmed, and these wild fish are basically sold in vegetable farms. I can't see it anymore."Ju An didn't know how to say silver carp in English, so he used Chinese pronunciation to make gestures.

Thornton shrugged his shoulders and said: "These fish have too many spines, it is too troublesome to eat, and the taste is not very good, so we don't like to eat this kind of fish."

Ju An was taken aback by Thornton's words, this guy can't blame the fish, you don't blame anyone, if you encounter so many fish in China, it probably won't take two years for you to eat them. up.But it’s no wonder that Lao Mei’s food is either boiled or baked, and she can’t play any big tricks, and she doesn’t have much creativity. It’s really not exciting to eat: “If you don’t eat it, just limit these fish to a fixed river. It’s fine if it’s not in the area, how come it’s almost all over the United States.”

"The government has also thought about using nets to control these fish in fixed waters, but you have seen this kind of fish, which can jump and jump quite high. A net one or two meters high is nothing to them, and These fish are smart enough to avoid fishing nets, and it turns out that to control these fish, you have to deploy the net far from the river, if you can't stop these fish at all, these Asian carp are now more and more endangering the waters of the Great Lakes." Thornton said.

This Ju An knows that the Great Lakes of the United States supply tens of millions of people in the United States with water. No wonder the American government is so nervous. Now that I have arrived at the Great Lakes, when I was in China, the tap water I drank every day was all from the Yangtze River, and I didn’t know what was going on with me. Lao Mei was too spoiled.As the old saying goes, the carp jumping over the dragon's gate, the carp came to Laomei's place, but it brought the ancestor's ability to the extreme, and made the government of a superpower into a mess. It is indeed a master, no!cow fish.

Thornton asked Ju An: "There is another Asian fish that is more powerful. Do you know the snakehead fish, and China is also one of its origins."

"What snakehead fish? Why have I never heard of it?" Ju An asked after listening for a moment.

Taylor explained at this time: "There are teeth in the mouth, and they are very ferocious and live by eating other fish. They have black and gray markings on their bodies, which are said to be very common in China."

Ju An thought for a while and said, "You are talking about black fish, right?"It seems that I have never seen other ferocious fish that are common in China except black fish Ju'an. This guy is very expensive in China.

Thornton listened and nodded: "Well, it's this fish. The waters where he lives are basically eaten up with all the native fish. The government thinks that this kind of fish has also revised the fishing regulations. As long as this kind of fish is caught, it will be killed regardless of its size."

This snakeheaded fish is very fierce. Ju An knew it when he was in China, because there is a relative in the family who raises fish. As long as there is a snakeheaded fish in the pond, then the pond will be unlucky, and no fish can be raised unless you put him in it. catch out.Ju An shrugged his shoulders and said to Thornton and Taylor: "I have a good method, directly catch two of these fish and make them into cans and sell them to Asia, which solves the problem of fish and increases Good income."

Taylor smiled and asked, "How much can these Asian carp sell for a pound in China?".

"It's estimated to be about five RMB yuan, which is a little more than fifty cents to the US dollar. It's about the same price. Black fish is much more expensive. The price is more than ten or twenty yuan per pound." Ju An silently calculated in his heart and said yes Said Taylor.

After hearing this, Taylor said: "The fisherman catches the fish in the river, and then sends them to the processing factory. The wages of the workers in the factory are calculated in this way. Even if it goes to Asia, the price is estimated to be unaffordable. The cost is too high."

After hearing this, Ju An nodded and said, "It's true."You can’t blame it buddies. If you don’t eat it yourself, the labor cost is high. This guy still wants to kill the fish so easily. What’s the use of complaining about the fish? became a scourge.

Thinking about it, another idea popped up in my heart: If the domestic government tells the US government to build a few more small towns near these rivers, or simply immigrate 200 million people from China, no matter what your name is, fish, Fried, boiled, and braised will be eaten by you directly. It is estimated that the fish damage will be controlled within a few years. If it is not possible, it will be fine to get 200 million people to come and live temporarily. Don’t give green cards and just learn from domestic ones. Just get a temporary residence permit. After eating, the big deal is to spend money to send 200 million people back. I don’t know how many years it will take to allocate more than 5000 million this year, or let the US government feed the country. Fish lovers get round-trip air tickets, invite everyone to come to the United States to eat fish for free, and send them back when they are full.

The so-called fish disaster is rooted in the fact that not many people in the United States eat these fish. The US government is afraid of this and that. It can invite some domestic foodies to train Americans. Don’t choose the location and open it directly in some Confucius Institute. A new course, how to eat fish.Let people all over the United States fall in love with this fish-eating sport. It is estimated that the fish damage will be gone. At that time, the US government will be happy, and the American people will also learn how to eat fish. China has also solved the problem of re-employment. The people of China and the United States Everyone is happy.

After two bottles of beer and a hamburger, Thornton and Taylor discussed the problem of killing American fish, and the three of them returned to the boat. This time it was Thornton who drove the boat, and Juan took out the camera in the bag I photographed the schools of fish jumping around and the scenery on both sides of the river. I said that the scenery is actually the woods, the tall weeds, and the hazy snow-covered mountains in the distance.

Thornton drove the boat around for a while, and then taught Ju An to drive it. Ju An sat in the driver's seat, learned how to start it, and started driving after three times. Easy, I drove the boat with great interest and asked Thornton to take a few photos of myself. I took a lot of photos from the fish shooter who sailed the boat, and put them in my own space when I went back at night. Let the students Open your eyes, and show off to yourself by the way.

(End of this chapter)