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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPeg1tbBt0A

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Asian carps are not selective when

the reproduce. Asian carp need rivers

of a certain length with currents that

keep their eggs drifting long enough to hatch.

A single female con produce up to 1 million eggs

in a single year. These carp also prouduce all year

long and much faster than the native fish.

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Just like the carps of america, asian

carps are bottom feeders and rely

on grasses, phytoplankton and small

mollukes and muscles as a food source.

Their large size also detracts predators

from attacking them.

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The fish have a fast rate of reproduction

and because of their size(60-110 lbs) they

have few natural predators in the freshwater.

The fish also have a huge apatidet eating almost

a third of their body weight a day. Though

they don't eat fish, they out compete the native

fish that rely on certain food.

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Asian carps were origionally from Eastern Russia and China

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http://asiancarp.org/

http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/invasive/asiancarp/

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364_52261_54896-226898--,00.html

http://www.watershedcouncil.org/learn/aquatic%20invasive%20species/asian-carp/

http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/ECOCOMM.NSF/B724CA698F6054798825705700693650/19CF2902BD848550882574160056CDD1

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/31/asian-carp-reproducing-naturally-in-great-lakes-tributary/

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The common usage of the term “Asian carps”in the

United States has come to include only the four

carps most recently introduced

bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)

black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)

grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

silver carp (H. molitrix)

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Asian carp were first brought to the US in 1963

to help control vegetation and phytoplankton in

aquaculters and sewage treatment facilities, but due to flooding

they escaped into the water ways and made their way north.

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Asian carp have been found in the Illinois River,

which connects the Mississippi River to Lake

Michigan.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Vv1ylTZD4

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Video of the Asain Carp in the Illinois River

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Video of the Asain Carp in the Illinois River

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfG4vsJ5_xI

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Agencies That are currently fighting the Carp

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Agencies That are currently fighting the Carp

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These agencies are attempting to form a permanent electrical barrier between Lake Michigan and the river to prevent the carp from entering the lake and spreading.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

EPA

State of Illinois

International Joint Commission

Great Lakes Fishery Commission

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service