Live Asian Carp Discovered in Chicago Waterway
This is the second time a live Asian carp has turned up beyond an electric barrier network near Chicago.
A live Asian carp has been discovered in a Chicago waterway about nine miles from Lake Michigan.
Federal and state officials tell The Associated Press a commercial fisherman netted the silver carp below the T.J. O’Brien Lock and Dam. The fish was 28 inches long and weighed about 8 pounds.
Silver carp are among four Asian carp species threatening to invade the Great Lakes, where scientists say they could compete with native species and devastate the region’s seven billion dollar fishing industry.
This is the second time a live Asian carp has turned up beyond an electric barrier network 37 miles southwest of the city that is designed to keep the invasive fish from reaching the lakes. A bighead carp was found in Chicago’s Lake Calumet in 2010.
