Over 50 Invasive Carp Captured on Mississippi River

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Fishermen Caught Over 40,000 Pounds of Carp
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is conducting an immediate response to the capture of 51 invasive carp on the Mississippi River. The invasive carp were caught by two commercial fishing operators near La Crosse and Trempealeau, Wisconsin, during routine spring netting in March. When the commercial fishing operator operating near La Crosse saw what

Carbon Dioxide Could Keep Asian Carp out of Great Lakes

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USGS Asian Carp Pond
In a research pond in La Crosse, Wisconsin, scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and U.S. Geological Survey are testing the effectiveness of a new strategy to ward off an Asian carp invasion that’s threatening the health of the Great Lakes, including Lake Michigan.  The study called for placing a carbon dioxide infusion