Scientists race to win war on Asian carp: Pheromones, noise guns, and biobullets.

"Bighead Carp find Carp Cologne irresistible when
when spritzed on US Fish & Wildlife officers."

It’s taken a lot of research, but scientists are now working on Asian Carp Cologne laced with Pheromones (you know, just like the one that over stimulated teenage boys across America were dousing themselves with at the mall) is nearly available for carp consumption. Asian Carp will want to dab some on their fins before any impromptu leap performances, but remember: anglers should think twice about spraying this one on.

Makes us wonder if the Defense Department is taking notes?

Detroit Free Press- Tina Lam - July 22, 2011 - Across the country, scientists in laboratories are dreaming up novel ways to kill and repel Asian carp.

Super-oxygenate the water they live in so they die. Create nanoparticles filled with poison to specifically target Asian carp. Invent curtains of effervescent bubbles and annoying sounds to drive them away. Manipulate their genes so their offspring are sterile.

These and other scientific controls are on the drawing board and, in some cases, close to reality.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Late at night this spring, Reuben Goforth was working in his garage, building a contraption to zap fish eggs with electricity.

"It'd be like sticking your finger in a light socket," he said.

If his invention works, he said, he hopes to be able to disrupt the development of Asian carp eggs and larvae in spawning areas by using jolts of electricity fired from a backpack ray gun. It would be like an electrical barrier, but portable.

Goforth, a professor at Purdue University, is one of about 60 scientists in government and university laboratories across the country working hard to find ways to control bighead and silver carp. They are investigating poisons, water guns, genetic modifications and sexual attractants -- called pheromones -- that could kill, stun or even herd the fish to places where they would be easier to kill.

"Yeah, the next thing you know, they'll try shipping
us to the moon. What the heck?"

It may not equal the race to put a man on the moon, but "it's a significant effort," said Leon Carl, director of the U.S. Geological Survey's Great Lakes Science Center, which is coordinating the scientific work on Asian carp.

The scientists said they believe they will prevail against the fish. Click To Read More