Asian carp pose threat to Great Lakes fishing

2,495 views · Published 25 August 2011 · 1:05 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: News Direct · 2011 · News & Politics

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Asian carp were introduced to the US in the 1970s as weed eaters in Arkansas fish farms. They escaped and have proliferated in the Mississippi River since. The fish are now on the verge of entering Lake Michigan. Worries that the voracious fish could ruin the Great Lakes US$7 billion-a-year fishing industry have seen politicians and environmentalists suggest barricading the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal.

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