I see faces and traces of home back in New York City
So you think I’m a tough kid? Is that what you heard?
Well I like to see some action and it gets into my blood
The call me the trail blazer - Rael-electric razor
I’m a pitcher in a chain gang, we don’t believe in pain
'Cos we’re only as strong, as the weakest link in the chain
Let me out of Pontiac when I was just seventeen
I had to get it out of me, if you know what I mean, what I mean
You say I must be crazy, 'cos I don’t care who I hit, who I hit
But I know it’s me that’s hitting out, and I’m not full of shit
I don’t care who I hurt, I don’t care who I do wrong
This is your mess I’m stuck in, I really don’t belong
When I take out my bottle, filled up high with gasoline
You can tell by the night fires where Rael has been, has been
From “Back in N.Y.C.”, by Peter Brian Gabriel / Anthony Banks / Phil Collins / Steve Hackett / Michael Rutherford, 1974
** THE BIGHEAD CARP IN ARKANSAS**
The USGS map for the bighead carp show them to range broadly in Arkansas.
(USGS map of the bighead carp in Arkansas)
That would make sense, given that it is purported that the bighead carp in Arkansas escaped from an unnamed aquaculture facility there at some undocumented time in the 1970’s.
Magnificently, there is no Arkansas state record for the “invasive” bighead carp, in the state where it is reputed to have “escaped”.
From 1986 to this writing in May 2024, there are 49 examples of the bighead carp in Arkansas in the historical record.
1986 - Arkansas River - 2
August 1988 - Bayou Meto - 1
August 1988 - Caney Bayou - 1
August 1988 - Lower St. Francis - 1
August 1988 - Saline River - 1
August 1988 - lower White River - 1
April 1992 - lower Arkansas River - 35 pounds, 1 ounce - 1
August 1, 1993 - Lake Conway, Arkansas River - 1
August 11, 1998 - Lake Conway, Arkansas River - 1
December 7, 1998 - lower Arkansas River - 1
August 16, 1999, Lake Conway, Arkansas River - 1
July 7, 2000 - Lake Chicot on Bayou Macon - 1
August 13, 2001 - Lake Conway, Arkansas River - 1
May 17, 2002 - lower Arkansas River - 75 pounds, 8 ounces - 1
2003 - Arkansas River - 1
April 1, 2004 - Arkansas River - 1
June 8, 2004 - Mississippi River - 1
March 1, 2005 - White River - 1
June 1, 2005 - Little Island Bayou, White River - 1
June 6, 2005 - Lower Arkansas River - 1
September 15, 2006 - Taylor Bayou, White River - 1
January 1, 2012 - Lake Conway - 1
January 1, 2012 - White Oak Bayou, Lower Arkansas River - 1
June 10, 2012 - Cadron Creek - 1
January 1, 2013 - Lake Conway - 1
January 1, 2013 - White Oak Bayou, Lower Arkansas River - 1
January 9, 2013 - Mill Creek, Lower Black River - 1
November 15, 2013 - Miller Creek on the lower White River - 1
December 16, 2013 - Caney Creek on the White River in Arkansas - 1
December 18, 2013 - Bayou Meto drainage - 1
December 18, 2013 - Deep Bay Slough, Lower White River - 1
March 11, 2014 - Miller Creek, Lower White River - 1
March 20, 2014 - Stinking Bay, Lower White River - 1
September 22, 2014 - Lapile Creek, Ouachita River - 1
November 7, 2014 - Indian Bayou on Indian Bay in the lower White River - 1
March 2, 2015 - Current River - 1
April 28, 2015 - Lake Dardanelle - 1
August 1, 2015 - Dierks Lake, Lower Little Arkansas River - 1
December 14, 2015 - Fleschmans Bayou-LaFourche Bayou, Boeuf River - 1
December 14, 2015 - Little Post Bayou, Lower Arkansas River - 1
December 14, 2015 - Kate Adams Lake, Mississippi River - 1
June 20, 2016 - Lapile Creek, Ouachita River - 1
September 9, 2016 - Jack Creek, Lower Black River - 1
September 9, 2016 - Lower St. Francis River - 1
March 2016 - Miller Creek, Lower White River - 1
July 22, 2021 - McKiernan Creek, Tennessee River - 1
June 2023 - a 75-100-pound bighead carp “one animal observed, not caught by citizen angler”, Pickwick Lake - 1
2024 - the bighead carp was established in the White and Arkansas rivers in Arkansas - 1
From 1986 to 2024, 90%, or 44 of 49 examples of the bighead carp in Arkansas to not contain an example of the bighead carp.
From 1986 to 2024, 96%, or 47 of 49 examples of the bighead carp in Arkansas do not contain a specific weight.
From 1986 to 2024, 100%, or 49 of 49 of the examples of the bighead carp in Arkansas are not supported by media documentation.
From 1984 to 2024, 49 of 49, or 100% of the examples of the bighead carp in Arkansas are fabricated.
The USGS’s claim that Arkansas is part of the range of the bighead carp is false.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE BIGHEAD CARP IN ARKANSAS
1986 - two bighead carp were caught in the Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that no weights are provided, no anglers are provided, no dates are provided, and there are no media accounts documenting the claims.
1988 - Robinson and Buchanan said that there was “no evidence of natural reproduction of bighead carp in Arkansas”, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011, revised June 2018. Somehow, bizarrely, they’re saying that people were keeping them alive in aquaculture facilities just fine, but the species was just somehow not able to make it out on its own.
This means that, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service the bighead carp, which was imported from China to Arkansas in 1973, and then escaped into the wild, was no longer reproducing in that state in 1988.
August 1988 - the bighead carp was “established” in the Bayou Meto drainage in Arkansas - False
The statement that the bighead carp was “established” in the Bayou Meto drainage in Arkansas in August 1988 is false, given that the table entry contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no examples of the bighead carp in Caney Bayou, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
August 1988 - the bighead carp was “established” in Caney Bayou on the lower Arkansas River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that there are no examples of the bighead carp in Caney Bayou, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
August 1988 - the bighead carp was “established” in the Lower St. Francis drainage in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that it contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no prior examples of the bighead carp in the Lower St. Francis drainage, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
August 1988 - the bighead carp was “established” in the lower White drainage in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no prior examples of the bighead carp in the White River (or anywhere else in Arkansas), that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
August 1988 - the bighead carp was “established” in Depot Creek on the Saline River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no prior examples of the bighead carp in the Saline River (or anywhere else in Arkansas), that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
April 1992 - “Berry” caught a bighead carp at the David D. Terry Lock and Dam on the Lower Arkansas River. It weighed 35 pounds, 1 ounce - False
This statement is false, given that the link to this media account is dead, that a web search for Berry, 1992, et al does not surface such an article, and that the Berry was said to “land record carp”, yet there is no Arkansas state record for the bighead carp must lead us to conclude that this is a fabricated table entry.
August 1, 1993 - the bighead carp was “established” in the Lake Conway on the Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that there are no examples of the bighead carp in Lake Conway, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data”, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
August 11, 1998 - the bighead carp was “established” in the Lake Conway on the Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that there are no examples of the bighead carp in Lake Conway, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data”, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
December 7, 1998 - the status of the bighead carp in the lower Arkansas River was “unknown” - False
This statement is false, given that “unknown is an example of the propaganda technique known as “stonewalling”.
August 16, 1999 - the bighead carp was “established” in the Lake Conway on the Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that there are no examples of the bighead carp in Lake Conway, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data”, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
As a bonus, the USGS repeated the table entry a second time, to give the illusion of “heft” to the wholly-false data.
July 7, 2000 - the bighead carp was “established” in Lake Chicot on Bayou Macon in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that there are no examples of the bighead carp in Lake Conway, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data”, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
August 13, 2001 - the bighead carp was “established” in the Lake Conway on the Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that there are no examples of the bighead carp in Lake Conway, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data”, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
May 17, 2002 - a bighead carp was caught in the lower Arkansas River by an unnamed person. It weighed 75 pounds, 8 ounces - False
This statement is false, given that the angler’s name is not provided, the assertion is based upon unverifiable data from an anonymous source, that the link to the story is dead, that no source is provided for the story, that that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there is no media documentation supporting the claim.
2003 - a bighead carp was “routinely snagged by fishermen” in the Saw Mill Bend cutoff of the lower Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that the weight of the fish is not provided, the names of the plural “fishermen” are not provided”, that there are no previous examples of the bighead carp in the lower Arkansas River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that snagging a bighead carp is not “routine”, that the assertion is based upon an unverifiable personal communication, that here is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
April 1, 2004 - the bighead carp was “established” in the White Oak bayou on the lower Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that the assertion is based upon unverifiable data from an unpublished source, that that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there is no media documentation supporting the claim.
June 8, 2004 - the bighead carp was “established” in the lower Mississippi/Memphis River - False
This statement is false, given that it contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no previous examples of the bighead carp on the Mississippi River in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon an unverifiable, unidentified “personal communication”,that that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there is no media documentation supporting the claim.
March 1, 2005 - the bighead carp was “established” in Mud Creek on the middle White River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no prior examples of the bighead carp in the White River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
June 1, 2005 - the bighead carp was “established” in Little Island Bayou on the lower White River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no prior examples of the bighead carp in the White River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
July 6, 2005 - the bighead carp was “established” in Douglas Lake on the lower Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no prior examples of the bighead carp in the Arkansas River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
September 15, 2006 - the bighead carp was “established” in Taylor Bayou on the White River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no prior examples of the bighead carp in the White River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
January 1, 2012 - the bighead carp was “established” in Lake Conway in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that there are no examples of the bighead carp in Lake Conway, the assertion is based upon data which was not provided, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
On January 1, 2012 - the bighead carp was “established” in White Oak Bayou on the lower Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no prior examples of the bighead carp in White Oak Bayou, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon data which was not provided, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
June 10, 2012 - the bighead carp was “established” in Cadron Creek in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no prior examples of the bighead carp in Cadron Creek, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon data which was not provided, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
January 1, 2013 - the bighead carp was “established” in Lake Conway in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry contains no examples of the bighead carp, that there are no prior examples of the bighead carp in Lake Conway, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon data which was not provided, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
January 1, 2013 - the bighead carp was “established” in White Oak Bayou on the lower Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry does not include any examples of the bighead carp, that there are no examples of the bighead carp in White Oak Bayou, that the assertion is based upon data which was not provided, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
January 9, 2013 - the bighead carp was “established” in Mill Creek on the lower Black River - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry does not include any examples of the bighead carp, that there are no examples of the bighead carp in White Oak Bayou, that the assertion is based upon data which was not provided, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
On November 15, 2013 - the bighead carp was “established” in Miller Creek on the lower White River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no previous examples of the bighead carp in the White River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
December 16, 2013 - the bighead carp was “established” in Caney Creek on the White River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no previous examples of the bighead carp in the White River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
December 18, 2013 - the bighead carp was “established” in the Bayou Meto drainage - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in thethe Black River, the assertion is based upon unpublished data, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
December 18, 2013 - the bighead carp was “established” in Deep Bay Slough on the lower White River - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no previous examples of the bighead carp in the White River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
March 11, 2014 - the bighead carp was “established” in Miller Creek on the lower White River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no previous examples of the bighead carp in the White River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
As a bonus, the USGS repeated this table entry three more times, to give the illusion of “heft” to the wholly-false data.
March 20, 2014 - the bighead carp was “established” in Stinking Bay on the lower White River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no previous examples of the bighead carp in White River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, the assertion is based upon unpublished data, there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
September 22, 2014 - the bighead carp was “established” in Lapile Creek on the Ouachita River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in the Ouachita River, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
November 7, 2014 - the bighead carp was “established” in Indian Bayou on Indian Bay in the lower White River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in the White River, or anywhere else in Akansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
March 2, 2015 - the bighead carp was “established” in the Current River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in the Current River, or anywhere else in Akansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
April 28, 2015 - the bighead carp was “established” in Lake Dardanelle in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in Lake Dardanelle, or anywhere else in Akansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
August 1, 2015 - the bighead carp was “established” in Dierks Lake on the Lower Little Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in Dierks Lake, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
December 14, 2015 - the bighead carp was “established” in Fleschmans Bayou-LaFourche Bayou in the Boeuf River - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in the Boeuf River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
December 14, 2015 - the bighead carp was “established” in Little Post Bayou on the lower Arkansas River - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in the Arkansas River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
December 14, 2015 - the bighead carp was “established” in Kate Adams Lake on the Mississippi River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in Kate Adams Lake, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
As a bonus, the USGS repeated this same table entry two more times, to give the illusion of “heft” to the wholly-false data.
June 20, 2016 - the bighead carp was “established” in Lapile Creek on the Ouachita River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in the Ouachita River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
September 9, 2016 - the bighead carp was “established” in Jack Creek on the lower Black River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in the Black River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim…
September 9, 2016 - the bighead carp was “established” in the Lower St. Francis River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no examples of the bighead carp in the St. Francis River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
March 2016 - the bighead carp was “established” in Miller Creek on the lower White River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no previous examples of the bighead carp in the White River, or anywhere else in Arkansas, the assertion is based upon unverifiable “unpublished data” which was not provided, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
As a bonus, the USGS repeated this same table entry two more times, to give the illusion of “heft” to the wholly-false data.
July 22, 2021 - a single bighead carp was “sighted” on McKiernan Creek on the Tennessee River in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that it does not contain a witness name, that there are no examples of the bighead carp in Arkansas supported by weights and corroborating media accounts, is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
June 2023 - a 75-100-pound bighead carp “one animal observed, not caught by citizen angler” in Pickwick Lake - False
This statement is false, given that it does not contain a witness name, the weight is an estimate, that there are no examples of the bighead carp in Arkansas supported by weights and corroborating media accounts, is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
2024 - the bighead carp was established in the White and Arkansas rivers in Arkansas - False
This statement is false, given that the table entry includes no examples of the bighead carp, there are no previous examples of the bighead carp in the White or Arkansas rivers, or anywhere else in Arkansas, that there is “no evidence of natural reproduction of the bighead carp in Arkansas”, per Robinson and Buchanan in 1988, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and 2018, and that there are no media accounts documenting the claim.
THE BIGHEAD CARP IN ARKANSAS - ALL THE DATA
In 1986, “The first open water record of this species in Arkansas is based on two specimens taken from the Arkansas River”. That as asserted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011, and revised in June 2018.
I’m sorry to break it to you, but “two specimens” and “from the Arkansas River” are both general.
No weights, no lengths, no location, no names of the people who caught them. It is hearsay, made up out of whole cloth.
As you may recall, generality is a hallmark of propaganda.
In 1988, Robison and Buchanan said that there was “no evidence of natural reproduction of bighead carp in Arkansas”, as seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011, revised June 2018. Somehow, bizarrely, they’re saying that people were keeping them alive in aquaculture facilities just fine, but the species was just somehow not able to make it out on its own.
This means that the bighead carp, imported from China to Arkansas in 1973, and then escaped into the wild, was no longer reproducing in that state in 1988.
What gives? I mean, it’s invasive…everybody says so. And now you are telling me that it is extinct in Arkansas, and doing great in a whole lot of other places down in the same neck of the woods, like Missouri?
Most fantastically of all, there is not a single historical example of the bighead carp in Arkansas for which a weight is provided. No catches.
There is not a single media account of the bighead carp in Arkansas. Not “Local Aquaculture Firm Imports Bighead Carp from China”. Not “fish escapes from aquaculture facility!” Nothing.
It’s an example of the “Big Lie” so favored by Hitler, Goebbels and small town Mayors the world over.
In August 1988, the bighead carp was “established” in Caney Bayou on the lower Arkansas River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity agriculture”, according “Fishes of Arkansas”, by H.W. Robison and T.M. Buchanan, University of Arkansas Press, 1988, per the USGS.
In August 1988, the bighead carp was “established” in the Bayou Meto drainage in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity agriculture”, according “Fishes of Arkansas”, by H.W. Robison and T.M. Buchanan, University of Arkansas Press, 1988, per the USGS.
In August 1988, the bighead carp was “established” in the Lower St. Francis drainage in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity agriculture”, according “Fishes of Arkansas”, by H.W. Robison and T.M. Buchanan, University of Arkansas Press, 1988, per the USGS.
In August 1988, the bighead carp was “established” in the lower White drainage in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity agriculture”, according “Fishes of Arkansas”, by H.W. Robison and T.M. Buchanan, University of Arkansas Press, 1988, per the USGS.
In August 1988, the bighead carp was “established” in Depot Creek on the Saline River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity agriculture”, according “Fishes of Arkansas”, by H.W. Robison and T.M. Buchanan, University of Arkansas Press, 1988, per the USGS.
On April 26, 1992, the Democrat-Gazette News published “Berry lands Record Carp Near L.R.”.
Where the uncredited author walked the specific “bighead carp” back to the general “carp”, and used the abbreviation “L.R.” to obscure the fact that the fish was caught at the David D. Terry Lock and Dam on the Lower Arkansas River.
Those are examples of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
The uncredited author said “lands record carp” to reinforce the false meme that far-larger bighead carp had been out there in Arkansas, all along, only nobody pursued them with the proper skill or assiduousness, previously.
In April 1992, an angler with the last name of Berry caught a bighead carp at the David D. Terry Lock and Dam on the Lower Arkansas River. It weighed 35 pounds, 1 ounce.
The USGS lists the species as “established” on the lower Arkansas River, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”.
Given that the link to this media account is dead, that a web search for Berry, 1992, et al does not surface such an article, and that the Berry was said to “land record carp”, yet there is no Arkansas state record for the bighead carp must lead us to conclude that this is a fabricated table entry.
On August 1, 1993, the USGS table for the species states that the bighead carp was “established” in the Lake Conway in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database.
On December 7, 1998, the 60th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference’s Aquatic Nuisance Species Symposium published Aquatic Nuisance Species of the Mississippi River Basin”, by J.L. Rasmussen, which said that the status of the bighead carp in the lower Arkansas River was “unknown”.
On August 11, 1998, the USGS table for the species states that the bighead carp was “established” in the Lake Conway on the Arkansas River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database.
On August 16, 1999, the USGS table for the species states that the bighead carp was “established” in the Lake Conway on the Arkansas River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database.
On August 13, 2001, the USGS table for the species states that the bighead carp was “established” in the Lake Conway on the Arkansas River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database.
On July 7, 2000, the USGS table for the bighead carp in Arkansas states that “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database showed that the bighead carp was “established” in Lake Chicot on Bayou Macon in Arkansas.
Unpublished data? You’re kidding me, right?
This is a completely unverified assertion. It is a bald-faced lie without a shred of documentation to support it.
On May 17, 2002, a bighead carp was caught in the lower Arkansas River by an unnamed person, according to “Carp Record Fish”, by an anonymous author. It weighed 75 pounds, 8 ounces.
Where the curiously-uncredited author walked the specific “Arkansas state record bighead carp” back to the general “carp record fish”.
In 2003, a bighead carp was “routinely snagged by fishermen” in the Saw Mill Bend cutoff of the lower Arkansas River, according to “personal communication”, per the USGS.
On April 1, 2004, the bighead carp was “established” in the White Oak bayou on the lower Arkansas River, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity agriculture”, according J. Barnett, who based this assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database in 2016, per the USGS.
On June 8, 2004, the bighead carp was “established” in the lower Mississippi/Mephis River, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity agriculture”, according to a “personal communication”, which said “Bighead and silver carp have been found in this portion of the Mississippi River year after year.”
Where “year after year” is general.
As you may recall, generality is a hallmark of propaganda.
On March 1, 2005, the bighead carp was “established” in Mud Creek on the middle White River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, according J. Barnett, who based this assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database in 2016, per the USGS.
On June 1, 2005, the bighead carp was “established” in Little Island Bayou on the lower White River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
On July 6, 2005, J. Barnett asserted that the bighead carp was “established” in Douglas Lake on the lower Arkansas River, and that its potential pathway was “escaped captivity aquaculture”. He based this assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database. This assertion was seconded by the USGS in their table on the bighead carp.
On September 15, 2006, the bighead carp was “established” in Taylor Bayou on the White River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
On August 1, 2005, the USGS table for the species states that the bighead carp was “established” in the Arkansas River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database.
Ah, I see! The gigantic, human-sized fish had been there in Arkansas all along, only nobody looked at the data with the proper skill or assiduousness, previously.
On January 1, 2012, the bighead carp was “established” in Lake Conway in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “dispersed/escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health’s EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system in 2019, as verified by the US Army Corps of Engineers Ombil Database, per the USGS.
On January 1, 2012, the bighead carp was “established” in White Oak Bayou on the lower Arkansas River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “dispersed/escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health’s EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system in 2019, as verified by the US Army Corps of Engineers Ombil Database, per the USGS.
On June 10, 2012, J. Barnett asserted that the bighead carp was “established” in Cadron Creek in Arkansas, and that its potential pathway was “escaped captivity aquaculture”. He based this assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database. This assertion was seconded by the USGS in their table on the bighead carp.
However, there is no, er, published data of any kind to support this baseless assertion.
It is an example of the “Big Lie” so favored by Hitler, Goebbels and small-town Mayors the world over.
On January 1, 2012, per the USGS, the bighead carp was “established” in Lake Conway in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “dispersed/escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health’s EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system in 2019, as verified by the US Army Corps of Engineers Ombil Database.
On January 1, 2013, per the USGS, the bighead carp was “established” in Lake Conway in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “dispersed/escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health’s EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system in 2019, as verified by the US Army Corps of Engineers Ombil Database.
On January 1, 2013, the bighead carp was “established” in White Oak Bayou on the lower Arkansas River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “dispersed/escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health’s EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system in 2019, as verified by the US Army Corps of Engineers Ombil Database, per the USGS.
On January 9, 2013, the bighead carp was “established” in Mill Creek on the lower Black River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “dispersed/escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health’s EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system in 2019, as verified by the US Army Corps of Engineers Ombil Database, per the USGS.
On November 15, 2013, the bighead carp was “established” in Miller Creek on the lower White River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, per J. Barnett in 2016, who based his assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
As a bonus, the USGS repeated the table entry twice, to give the illusion of “heft” to the false data.
On December 16, 2013, the bighead carp was “established” in Caney Creek on the White River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, per J. Barnett in 2016, who based his assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
On December 18, 2013, per the USGS, the bighead carp was “established” in the Bayou Meto drainage in Arkansas, and that its potential pathway was “escaped captivity aquaculture”, per J. Barnett, who based his assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database.
However, there is no, er, published data of any kind to support this baseless assertion.
It is an example of the “Big Lie” so favored by Hitler, Goebbels and small-town Mayors the world over.
On December 18, 2013, the bighead carp was “established” in Deep Bay Slough on the lower White River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, per J. Barnett in 2016, who based his assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
On March 11, 2014, the bighead carp was “established” in Miller Creek on the lower White River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, per J. Barnett in 2016, who based his assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
As a bonus, the USGS repeated the same table entry three more times, to give the illusion of “heft” to the false data.
On March 20, 2014, the bighead carp was “established” in Stinking Bay on the lower White River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, per J. Barnett in 2016, who based his assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
On September 22, 2014, the bighead carp was “established” in Lapile Creek on the Ouachita River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, per J. Barnett in 2016, who based his assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
On November 7, 2014, the bighead carp was “established” in Indian Bayou on Indian Bay in the lower White River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, per J. Barnett in 2016, who based his assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
As a bonus, the USGS table repeats this entry four times, to give the appearance of “heft” to the data.
On March 2, 2015, the USGS table for the species states that the bighead carp was “established” in the Current River in Arkansas, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database.
Ah, I see! The gigantic, human-sized fish had been there in Arkansas all along, only nobody looked at the data with the proper skill or assiduousness, previously.
On April 28, 2015, the USGS table for the species states that the bighead carp was “established” in Lake Dardanelle in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database.
Ah, I see! The gigantic, human-sized fish had been there in Arkansas all along, only nobody looked at the data with the proper skill or assiduousness, previously.
On August 1, 2015, the bighead carp was “established” in Dierks Lake on the Lower Little Arkansas River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
On December 14, 2015, the USGS table for the species states that the bighead carp was “established” in Lake Chicot in Arkansas, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database.
Ah, I see! The gigantic, human-sized fish had been there in Arizona all along, only nobody looked at the data with the proper skill or assiduousness, previously.
As a bonus, it’s the same “unpublished data” used to prop up another wholly-false claim of the bighead carp in Lake Chicot in 2000.
On December 14, 2015, the USGS table for the species states that the bighead carp was “established” in Fleschmans Bayou-LaFourche Bayou in the Boeuf River in Arkansas, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database.
Ah, I see! The gigantic, human-sized fish had been there in Arkansas all along, only nobody looked at the data with the proper skill or assiduousness, previously.
In 2016, a bighead carp was reported in Arkansas, that is, at least according to a generational Satanist Freemason named Nico and their unnamed colleagues in 2018, and seconded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in June 2018.
When, in fact, there is not a single historical example of the bighead carp in Arkansas for which a weight is provided. No catches.
There is not a single media account of the bighead carp in Arkansas. Not “Local Aquaculture Firm Imports Bighead Carp from China”. Not “fish escapes from aquaculture facility!” Nothing.
It’s an example of the “Big Lie” so favored by Hitler, Goebbels and small town Mayors the world over.
I have exposed the duplicity of a generational Satanist Freemason named Nico and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by using what was known in the old days as “fact checking”.
On December 14, 2015, the bighead carp was “established” in Kate Adams Lake on the Mississippi River in Arkansas, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
As a bonus, the USGS repeated this same table entry two more times, to give the illusion of “heft” to the false data.
On June 16, 2016, the bighead carp was “established” in Miller Creek on the lower White River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to J. Barnett in 2016, per “unpublished data” from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS.
On June 20, 2016, the bighead carp was “established” in Lapile Creek on the Ouachita River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “escaped captivity aquaculture”, per J. Barnett in 2016, who based his assertion on “unpublished data” from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Arkansas ANS Database, per the USGS
On September 9, 2016, the bighead carp was “established” in Jack Creek on the lower Black River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “dispersed/escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health’s EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system in 2019, as verified by the US Army Corps of Engineers Ombil Database, per the USGS.
On September 9, 2016, the bighead carp was “established” in the Lower St. Francis River in Arkansas, with a potential pathway of “dispersed/escaped captivity aquaculture”, according to the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health’s EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system in 2019, as verified by the US Army Corps of Engineers Ombil Database, per the USGS.
On July 22, 2021, the USGS table for the species alleges that a single bighead carp was “sighted” on McKiernan Creek, first cove inside mouth upstream from confluence with Wilson Reservoir, Tennessee River, and that it was “reported to Alabama Division Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries from public”.
Where the plural “public” is general, and obfuscates the name of the person who purportedly reported it.
No weight or length is listed. The name of the person who reported it is not listed.
Sighting a mature example of what is depicted as a dangerous, invasive species is a big deal. This would make the news.
It is yet another false claim.
In June 2023, the USGS table for the species states that a 75-100-pound bighead carp “one animal observed, not caught by citizen angler” in Pickwick Lake below the Wilson dam in Alabama, nd that the verifier was D. Armstrong, AIS Coordinator, Alabama Division Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries.
Sorry, but the general “citizen angler” has me calling bullshit on this one.
That and the lack of mention of this very significant event in the media - at the very least in social media.
A current article from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture says “Silver and bighead carp have established throughout much of the Mississippi River drainage, including the White and Arkansas Rivers.
Where “established in the White and Arkansas Rivers” is general.
It is an example of the Big Lie so favored by Hitler, Goebbels and small town Mayors the world over.
Jeff Miller, Honolulu, HI, May 6, 2024
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