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Help Save the Planet: Eat Some Carp

Japanese knotweed is one of the 100 worst invasive species by the World Conservation Union. It grows fast, spreads far, and takes monumental effort to kill. It's reviled throughout much of the country as a great foe to gardeners and conservationists alike. Tastes great in a salad, though. And the more of it you eat, the...

Asian Carp, Eh? Canada to Fight Back Against Invasive Fish

(Oct. 6) -- Hockey prowess, health care norms and the correct way to pronounce the letter "O." On these fundamental disagreements, Canadians and Americans might never see eye-to-eye. But where invasive species of fish are concerned, researchers in the two countries are ready to team up and fight back. Asian carp, the...

Tiny Invaders Ruin Great Lakes for Asian Carp, Aquatic Life in General

(Sept. 29) -- As you may have heard, the Great Lakes are facing a potentially unstoppable invasion of huge, voracious Asian carp that threaten to wreak havoc on their fragile ecosystems and native species. But it seems that if they make it to Lake Michigan, the fish that have been called "the nuclear bombs" of American...

Michigan Oil Spill vs. Asian Carp: Why Mayor Daley Is Wrong

(July 30) -- The devastating oil spill that erupted from an Enbridge Energy pipeline near the Kalamazoo River in Michigan on Monday has sparked an epic environmental and economic conflict in the Midwest. Like others before it, it pits fish versus oil -- just not in a way you might expect. Speaking to reporters Thursday,...

Great Lakes States Sue to Keep Monster Fish at Bay

(July 19) -- Five Great Lakes states are suing Chicago's water department and the Army Corps of Engineers in an effort to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan and protect the Great Lakes from the hungry species. The federal lawsuit, filed today in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,...

Background on Asian carp

Many species of heavy-bodied cyprinid fish are collectively known in the United States as Asian Carp. Cyprinids from the subcontinent [for example, catla (Catla catla) and mrigal (Cirrhinus cirrhosus)] are not included in this classification, and are known collectively as "Indian carp

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