Talk:Asian carp

message: Can someone fix the article - it's been vandalised.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.6.162.53 (talk) 15:27, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalised

message: If black carp have yet to be discovered outside of the ponds in which they have been bred, why does the black carp article discuss them having escaped in the wild? Suppafly 22:56, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Black carp

message: Correct English would have this as Asian carps, because the plural of carp, when referring to more than one species, should be carps.  (Much like fish and fishes)  I don't know how to change the header.
Also, I am still not really happy with the first sentence.  Carps are generally broken down into Asian carps (bighead, silver, grass, black, barbless, long spikyhead, etc.)and Indian carps (mrigal, rohu, catla, etc), and then further broken down into "major" and "minor" based largely on size.  Seems like some discussion of this should be there, but I don't have time to do it right.  I'm not enough of an expert on the ones that have not been introduced to the USA to do it right quickly.  Carptracker 14:04, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This might be regional variation but in UK English carp and for that matter fish are always the correct plural, even in the context quoted. The title of this article looks odd and wrong to me. But I'm happy to leave it as it is as obviously enough people think otherwise. Naturenet | Talk 16:59, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah that was the first thing I noticed, it must be a US thing although I think it's optional. If it is optional I think should be changed so that it correctly reflects international English usage, ie. Asian Carp. 87.114.66.248 (talk) 13:11, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This American agrees it should be 'carp' not 'carps.'  I've never heard anyone refer to the plural as carps.  Note there are articles on 'salmon,' 'fish', 'terrier,' 'carp' etc. but no articles on 'salmons,' 'fishes,' 'terriers' or 'carps.'  Reading 'Asian carps' throughout the article is jolting and bizarre.  Note even within the article it says 'Bighead and silver carps are the most important fish' not 'Bighead and silver carps are the most important fishes'  Anonymous, Tue Dec 22 12:25:32 CST 2009.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.137.68.170 (talk) 18:26, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Can somebody please change it to 'Asian carp' as per the reasons above? 92.29.7.2 (talk) 09:07, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

text: I'm another American who agrees: "Asian carps" looks, feels, seems wrong. I don't buy the logic about using the plural because there are more than one species of Asian carp. If that were that case, shouldn't the Wikipedia page for "Carp" be "Carps" since there are many species of carp? (It's not.) And why is "carp" not capitalized in the title? It's a title after all. Making changes...Savacek (talk) 15:05, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should be "Asian carps" 

message: There should be an article on Michigan v. Illinois concerning Asian carps, but I cannot find it on the official SCOTUS website, or on some observer sites.  Can someone find the docket for it?--DThomsen8 (talk) 22:07, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Michigan v. Illinois'' concerning [[Asian carps]] 

message: There is no scientific basis to the statement that bighead or silver carp eat 40% of their body weight per day, although it has been repeated in the media so often that it shows up on government sites.  For a scientific viewpoint, look at Kolar et al 2005 or Kolar et al. 2007, cited in this article.  They reviewed the scientific literature on these species, and found several estimates of how much the fish ate under aquaculture conditions (when one presumes they would be well-fed).  The numbers cited ranged from 5 to about 20% of body weight per day.  They don't NEED to eat that much to survive - it is just what they ate under optimal conditions.  I'm getting tired of fixing that.  Also, Asian carps have not caused any measurable decrease in numbers of native fish in the Illinois or Mississippi Rivers, although recent data indicates that some native fish are getting skinnier and one would assume that would eventually have population effects.  They are NOT 95% of the biomass of the Illinois River.  Ok?Carptracker (talk) 05:08, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  apocryphal info 

message: Shouldn't these two articles be merged or make the Koi article a sub-section in the Asian Carp article. Seems redunant.
 
Asian Carp is Chinese domesticated:
grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
 
common carp (Cyprinus carpio) 
silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) 
largescale silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys harmandi) 
bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) 
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) 
common goldfish (Carassius auratus) 
crucian carp (Carassius carassius)
Koi is domesticated common carp (Which the Chinese already domesticated) Why do we have a separate article about Koi? 
Isn't Koi just the shortened Japanese word for Asian Carp or Chinese domesticated Common Carp. Seems redundant, we can end up with all sorts of names (The vietnamese name for Carp then have an article on that, Thai name for Carp and have a article on that, and on and on, etc. Seems redundant. We should merge these articles.--165.214.4.23 (talk) 05:19, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No, these should be separate subjects, especially since there is controversy and lawsuits over Asian carp as an invasive species. I oppose any merger.--DThomsen8 (talk) 00:36, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't understand the reason for keeping the articles separate. Is this article about invasion of the Asian carp and not about the Fish? If the Chinese already domesticated Common Carp and Koi is domesticated common carp, should Koi be covered under the article about domesticated carp. If this article is about the invasion of Asian carp as a species, do we have an article about the Chinese domesticated Carps that we can merge with the Koi article. Considering the Chinese did it first and domesicating carp was common in East Asia shouldn't these articles be combined. --165.214.4.22 (talk) 06:24, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The articles should not be combined. This is an article about more than 1 species of fish some people call "Asian carps", Koi is a  notable enough species of fish to have its own article, and taxonomists even gave it a taxonomic name. If it was merged, it will be like "duck" being merged with "bird". This article is mostly about the invasion of the "Asian carps", but also refers to the fish species a little bit. Also, don't make an article about "domesticated fishes from China" and then merge it with the koi article. The Japanese are the ones who domesticated carps into koi for your information.SuperPayara123 (talk) 19:50, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should Asian Carp and Koi article be merged 

message: I noticed that, for some reason, this article only mentions the U.S side of the litigation and lawsuits filed involving Asian carp (in 2009 and 2010). I included (and cited and referenced) the Canadian incidents too. It is only fair - if informatoin regarding the litigation is to be included, then it shouldn't be limited to the U.S only; Canada also filed a suit in January of 2010. 
Cheers! Ammau (talk) 19:42, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  This isn't JUST about the U.S; Canadian-issues with Asian carp included too 

message: There is a logical inconsistency between saying Grass Carp is an Asian Carp and then saying that people have sometimes not eaten Asian Carp because they confuse it with Grass Carp.  Can someone who know about this subject please clear up this inconsistency?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.130.6.221 (talk) 17:01, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  As food - inconsistency needs correction 

message: The section Invasive Species Status in North America needs more subsections, but the text intertwines Great Lakes issues with other locations, making separate subsections difficult to create. Perhaps someone with more expertise on the subject could do better than I can at creating subsections for ease of reading and especially editing. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:32, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Furthermore, there should be SOME evidence cited to back up the claims made therein. While it is noted that the fish are considered invasive species by governmental organizations, etc., there is no justification given. They are just "thought to be highly detrimental to the environment in parts of the United States" with one citation whose link is dead, and cannot be verified. The way the article is written, it would appear that the species has little or no adverse ecological effects, though there may possibly be some negative effects on economic activities, making it a pest species, not an invasive. There is no room for this kind of sensationalism in Wikipedia, in my opinion. I would say that without serious evidence cited on these so-called detrimental effects, the section should be renamed. Furthermore, there is no opposing point of view. Do fishermen love the idea of these fish filling their nets? Is this the one species of fish in the world we cannot overfish? As far as I can tell, Asian carp have not detrimentally effected anything, there are no potential problems with them, and all the fears are based on xenophobia and nativism, not science.Pinus jeffreyi (talk) 20:38, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Invasive Species Status in North America 

message: Who is Jesse McCartney, mentioned in the Invasive Species section? Unlikely to be the singer, and the link is dead. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:42, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jesse McCartney  

message: I have reverted this edit, because it just looks like a personal opinion with a reference tagged on the end, it reads like a call-to-arms, not an encyclopedia article.  I don't see a problem with the source being used to support a sentence like "Senator Sherrod Brown has introduced a bill to stop the Asain Carp...whatever the details are...", but the article should say "stopping this is a priority...industry can't even shift the sport fishing from one fish to another..." as if these are universal truths and not opinions. - SudoGhost 17:14, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The only thing that reference verifies is that a senator had introduced a bill, it does not verify that "it would cause harm to fishing and boating industries in Ohio" or that "asian carp are a threat to Lake Erie".  From what I can tell, these are opinions not facts; the article cannot portray them as facts, especially not without reliable sources specifically saying such. - SudoGhost 18:59, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: Not moved per unanimous consensus.  No such user (talk) 11:32, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Asian carp →  – aligns with USDA guidance to discourage anti-Asian sentiment KnnNike (talk) 17:57, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

text: This is a contested technical request (permalink). GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 18:16, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

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* Oppose. Stable title since 2004, and seems to be the obvious COMMONNAME for this group of fish in different genera. I can't help asking why Asian carp in North America was not bundled into the RM/TR? Sam Sailor 18:31, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 15 July 2021 

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* Oppose. Stable title since 2004, and seems to be the obvious COMMONNAME for this group of fish in different genera. I can't help asking why Asian carp in North America was not bundled into the RM/TR? Sam Sailor 18:31, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Survey 

message: *I'm a bit out of my element here, but here is the web reference: "Asian carp" now "invasive carp", U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made change in April (msn.com) — Preceding unsigned comment added by KnnNike (talk • contribs) 18:44, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion 

message: Please edit the taxonomy of this page and revise "Asian carp" to merely "carp." Listing the fish as "Asian Carp" unnecessarily reinforces anti-Asian bias and xenophobia, especially as this is a species of fish considered invasive and dangerous. It is misleading to continue to use a xenophobic phrase, when a geopolitically neutral term works. Editors may include the antiquated term, "Asian carp" in a history of the term or etymology section. 162.224.176.39 (talk) 22:18, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: See discussion directly above. One might also point out that "xenophobia" is not an accusation to be flung about just because you are feeling particularly righteous today (otherwise may we expect you to kick off at African wild dog, Asian giant hornet, and Kaffir lime next?) --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 05:39, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit xenophobic language 

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