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The fish hit hard. One scientist told me it feels like getting hit by "a wet...
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The most infamous of the four species is the silver carp, which launch themselves from the river...
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This summer the scientists observed an unprecedented spawn.
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Silver carp average 20 to 30 pounds, but can grow to fifty.
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Four species of Asian carp have infested all the major rivers of the American Midwest, but they're...
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Briney sells his catch to Mike Shafer, who ships Asian carp all over the world, to Asian markets in...
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Briney ices his catch and drives it to Shafer Fisheries west of Chicago.
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He focuses on bighead carp, close relatives of silver carp. Because they don't jump, they're easier...
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Briney hauls between ten and twenty thousand pounds of the fish out of the Illinois River everyday.
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Fortunately for Briney, the fish are extremely well-liked in Asia. In fact, native populations of...
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But the only reasonable hope for eradicating the Asian carp is commercial fishing. Orion...
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Bighead carp average 30 to 40 pounds and can grow to a hundred.
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Some locals have taken a more primitive approach to fighting the fish.
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Not far from Bath, bow hunters have taken on the challenge of shooting the fish out of the air. One...
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Scientists who conduct fish counts along the river say the silver carp population is growing exponentially.
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Locals have reacted with remarkable anger. In Bath, a woman founded the Redneck Fishing Tournament,...
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