Asian Carp Processing Plant in Kentucky

Two rivers fishery is a great business. It sends fish to feed people as far as China to the east, and Poland in the west. Not to mention shipping then across the country to various markets that sell the fish. Also they have a line of carp food products of their own, from hotdogs(taste like normal hotdogs too) to dumplings.

I am so grateful for asian carp. This fish "problem" has been a real blessing to my family. Saturday, my son caught a 20 pound big head asian carp. That night I grilled the collars and the belly. Today I deep fried "fish wings" and cooked the back 1/3 over a low wood fire for 3 hrs. So much delicious fish. At this time I don't need to eat the red meat, but there is piles of white meat on this fish. If we get too many carp, I can them. Smooth and mild. No sharpness like canned tuna has sometimes.

Pair it with some wild hog and you have an invasive species surf and turf

I had the opportunity to work in the former Soviet Union for several years and am now married to a Ukrainian woman. They LOVE carp! (called "Karp" in Russian also) There are bunches of them for sale in every grocery store in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. They also sell what we call Northern Pike, another fish a lot of Americans don't like to eat. They are called "Shooka" in Russian. Also at any of the street markets they are for sale by local fishermen and the old women (babushkas) sell prepared carp in containers. We should get Ukrainian commercial fisherman to come and take them. And while we think Russia has unlimited supplies of beluga caviar (sturgeon, black caviar) much more common and much less expensive is "red caviar"...salmon eggs!

2:20 Hahahaha aww her reaction was so sweet!! She didn’t laugh, she just corrected him and said that it just has the same pronunciation as fish. Chinese has so many more homophones than in English. 俞 is a last name that is pronounced yú. 鱼 is fish, and is also pronounced yú. There are tons of those examples in Chinese. But he didn’t realize that he messed up. That’s why i was rofl 🤣

What a great idea. Unlimited commercial fishing of Asian and Big eye carp creates jobs and stimulates the local economy.  And besides they taste pretty darn good.  Way to go Kentucky.

Whoever is processing the carp has my blessing...thank you.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. It’s great that commercial fishermen have found a way to move the dominant fish. If the markets hold up they could play big in water based job creation

I live in this area and have seen hundreds of these fish dumped on the sides of roads in the Land Between the Lakes area. From what I've read and heard, these fish are very tasty but have lots of bones, like many carp do. It's going to take some time but I feel as if people will adjust to this invasive species just like we've been doing with other types of invasive animals.

I really thought I was going to see some processing of the fish as opposed to just unloading and freezing of the fish

This is a great story! Glad to see these Kentucky guys have work opportunities.

Its great that they found a market for them. They could also use the guts, skin, and heads for pig feed and fertilizer.

You can also use that fish or fish bones for soil nutrition, creating healthy gardens

It's better than throwing them away or letting those carp take over the waterways. Looks like a nice fish i say sell it and create local jobs, focus on keeping this invasive fish species numbers down , if the carp have no known predators in American waters than the only logical predator is man.

I had excellent steamed carp in my little village in Katterbach Germany. Once a year they drained the ponds, ran the carp through several tanks of fresh water, then off the the gasthause where they were steamed and wonderfully presented. Good stuff. Thank you

Smart thinking. Carps is good food if you know how to cook it. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Holland

Nice to see conservation going hand in hand with productivity :)

They do taste good and when you fillet them out then take the carcass and bury it in your garden. I use a blender and puree the guts and carcass, people pay me for my jugs of fertilizer. My compost pile is pretty big and I pour it onto the top in the morning and its dry by dark. Problem was critter would come around, but since the fish was so finely pureed they couldn't get much, so the raccoons dug up my compost pile for me, but after awhile they figured out the pickings were slim they stopped coming around. The crows still pick through it though so I had to rake it in some. I have awesome growth in my garden and the trees I put some of the watered down puree on have grown fruit unbelievably well. Organic fertilizer and no poisonous pesticides, but rotenone works for most bugs as does the diatomaceous earth that chokes bug's breathing paths. My garden is a great and healthy hobby. Just a couple of fish a week is all I use.

Carp is bih in Central Europe too-it is a favorite Christmas Dinner in the Czech Republic. If prepared well, very tasty.

Thank you. All is not hopeless. Great to hear!