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Asian carp the new bullies of America’s waterways

Posted by: Maven on September 2, 2010 at 8:53 am

From the San Luis Obispo Tribune:

“Cold-blooded. Spawning faster than rabbits. Leaping boats in a single swish. Leaving in their wake, dozens of slack-jawed (and several cases of tooth-loosened) fishermen, kayakers, water skiers and anyone else who dares to trespass through their watery world.

Asian silver carp are becoming the new bullies in America’s waterways, said a Missouri fish biologist.

“They’re here, they’re a problem, they’re not going away soon. And they could potentially be life-threatening,” said Duane Chapman, a research fish biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey and national expert on invasive carp species. … “

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