From newarkadvocate.com
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
- Giant Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier (heraldtimesonline.com)
- Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier in Mich. (pottsmerc.com)
- Asian carp may have breached barrier to Great Lakes (southeastasianews.net)
As clock ticks, ecologists ponder how to stop elusive Asian carp, save local fishes once and for all
Conservationists and government biologists, stunned by new indications of the advance of Asian carp toward Lake Michigan, are trading ideas for poisoning Chicago-area rivers, conducting emergency electrofishing or chemically neutering the wily fish.
From chicagotribune.com
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- Asian carp within miles of Lake Michigan, tests indicate (miamiherald.com)
- Asian Carp Feared To Damage Eco-System Of Great Lake (thaindian.com)
- Asian carp nears Lake Michigan (southeastasianews.net)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
From sj-r.com
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- Asian carp pose threat to Great Lakes ecosystem (postcrescent.com)
Globe and MailVoracious carp could quickly take over Great LakesDetroit Free PressANSWER: There are four species of Asian carp that are considered invasive and a threat to the Great Lakes: bighead, silver, black and grass. ...Feared Asian carp may be near U.S. Great LakesReutersAsian Carp Could Hurt Boating, Fishing Industry in Great LakesWall Street JournalInvasive, Flying Carp Inching Closer to Great Lakes9&10 NewsTreehugger -EcoWorldly...
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From news.google.com
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DNA from Asian carp have been discovered in Illinois waterways beyond the electric fish barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports.
No carp bodies have been discovered in those areas, officials said. The DNA tests show the carp are as close as three miles from Lake Michigan.
--James Janega
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From chicagotribune.com
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Very bad news. Very bad news indeed.The decade-old battle to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes might be over.New research shows the fish likely have made it past the $9 million electric fish barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a source familiar with the situation told the Journal Sentinel late Thursday. ...
From michiganliberal.com
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- Poison to be used in fight against Asian carp near Lake Michigan (feedburner.com)
- Poison to be used to combat Asian carp invasive species (miningjournal.net)
- Poison to be used in fight against Asian carp (topix.net)
The invasive Asian Carp species is worrying officials as it is currently flying and leaping its way up the Mississippi River towards the Great Lakes, specifically Lake Michigan. This fish invasion, if it...read more
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From nowpublic.com
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