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Asian carp is an informal grouping of several species of cyprinid freshwater fishes native to Eurasia, commonly referring to the four East Asian species silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp (a.k.a. white amur) and black carp (a.k.a. black amur), [note 1] which were introduced to North America during the 1970s and now regarded as invasive in the United States.
The Asian carp have been found in Lake Calumet in Illinois. [44] Grass carp have been captured in every Great Lake except Lake Superior, but so far, no evidence indicates a reproducing population. No silver carp or black carp have yet been found in any Great Lake. Common carp are abundant throughout the Great Lakes. [45]
The bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish native to East Asia, and is one of several Asian carps introduced into North America.It is one of the most intensively exploited fishes in fish farming, with an annual worldwide production of over three million tonnes in 2013, principally from China. [2]
The state of Illinois' response to the Asian carp threat has involved everything from electric barriers in rivers, to removal by commercial fishermen, to investments in creating new markets for ...
Although no Asian carp were found in the two months of commercial and electrofishing, the massive fish kill did yield a single carp. [21] On December 21, 2009, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court seeking the immediate closure of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan ...
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Various species of carp (collectively known as Asian carp) have been bred and reared as food fish for thousands of years in East Asia. Some of these normally gray or silver species have a tendency to produce red, orange, or yellow color mutations; this was first recorded in Imperial China, during the Jin dynasty (266–420). [6] [7]
In an effort to get more people eating Asian carp and help reduce the population, the invasive fish has a new name: Copi.