What is the proposed economic consequence of the public's cultural stigma against eating invasive carp?

Governments spend resources subsidizing removal or running catch-and-release programs instead of relying on market incentives.

There is a significant cost associated with the public's refusal to eat abundant invasive carp, creating an ecological paradox. While harvesting these fish is encouraged to manage their destructive populations, the stigma drives market prices too low to incentivize commercial removal efforts efficiently. Consequently, resources that could be saved are instead diverted by governments and environmental organizations toward funding subsidies for removal operations or maintaining non-lethal catch-and-release initiatives, proving a direct economic impact of negative cultural perception.