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ASIAN CARP INVASION
In 2009, Illinois treated a six-mile canal with more than 1,800 gallons of fish-killing poison — and found just one invasive carpTo address the menace of invasive Asian carp, Illinois officials deployed rotenone in a canal, leading to the recovery of numerous fish; ho...- In the 1970s, the US introduced four carp species to control weeds; decades later, these carp spread as far as Minnesota, threatening native fishFour Chinese carp species were imported to southern fish farms in the 1970s. These fish escaped into the Mississippi River system after flo...
- In 1900, Chicago made its river flow backward to keep sewage out of Lake Michigan, redirecting the water toward the Mississippi Basin insteadChicago reversed its river flow in the late 1800s to protect its drinking water. This engineering feat sent waste away from Lake Michigan a...
- Greece has placed a bounty on the head of the world's most toxic pufferfish, paying fishermen €5.33 per kilo to hunt the invasive predatorGreece is incentivizing fishermen with a generous bounty to hunt the dangerous silver-cheeked toadfish, an invasive species from the Indian...
- Trump calls Mark Carney ‘future governor of Canada’ in latest Truth Social post, rekindling jabs at Canadian leadershipUS President Donald Trump has again called Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney the 'future Governor of Canada'. This follows previous insta...
- Worries over racism, waterways inspire push to rename fish
- Beware of Chinese mussel-flexing: Is China fishing in troubled waters with this new form of biological warfare?Zigzag-patterned Asian date mussels have travelled undetected across the globe to invade British waters.
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