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Monday, December 28, 2009

Flying Asian Carp, If You Can't Fight 'Em Eat 'Em

From Treehugger:

illinois river silver carp jumping
"Illinois River silver carp jump after being disturbed by boats earlier this month." Image credit:HoumaToday

Mid-Westerners are so desperate to halt a threatened Great Lakes invasion by the aggressive and ecologically destructive Asian Carp, a.k.a. the 'flying'or 'silver' carp, that the US State of Michigan is suing Illinois, pushing for permanent navigation lock closure; and, a downtown Chicago segment of the Illinois River was recently poisoned with rotenone, killing all gill breathers, so as to prevent the flying carp's passage into Lake Michigan. Expensive and unproven solutions, they are; but, all we've got. Enter from stage South, an LSU AgCenter video series which proclaims the culinary virtues of the Gengis Khan of bottom feeders.

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