'Cause For Serious Concern': Invasive Carp Caught 9 Miles From Great Lakes
A commercial fisher captured the silver carp beyond the barriers built to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes. The incident is raising alarms from local lawmakers.
A live Asian carp — an invasive fish so threatening to local U.S. ecosystems that officials have struggled to keep it out of the Great Lakes — has been caught 9 miles from Lake Michigan, beyond a system of underwater electric barriers.
The silver carp, one of several species of the invasive fish, was captured below the T.J. Friday. "The silver carp was 28 inches in length and weighed approximately 8 pounds."
