Quote Originally Posted by nina View Post
I know the invasive carp are now being used for omega-3s...which is all they're good for in the US since people won't eat them. They are absolutely devastating our freshwater ecosystems, and unfortunately it would take a massive scale effort to rid us of these pests. Attempts to confine the carp have failed and they have infiltrated the Great Lakes, a 7 billion dollar fishing industry will soon be wiped out (although many people are in denial about this). Even harvesting for omega-3's won't make a dent in their population.

It amazes me how ignorant people still are about the damage we do to our water ecosystems in particular. I guess that's how people learn...from making mistakes (e.g. mass extinctions caused by damming rivers). But I thought scientists/environmentalists would have had this shit at least somewhat figured out by now.
Implying that the carp are not natural..?

If you thought nature was about stability or even benevolence, you are sorely mistaken. Nature is apathetic and anarchic. If there is a superior species, the fate of the lesser species is oblivion, not symbiosis. The existing life on Earth is the 1% that was able to drive the remaining 99% to extinction. Although of course, if a species is too aggressive, it'll soon have nothing to eat and its population will crash until the old species have recovered.