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Wilder Harrier, a Canadian pet food company, is using another unlikely alternative protein source to have a low environmental impact, yet a nutritious meal for dogs.
December 15, 2020 https://greatlakesecho.org/2020/12/15/asian-carp-goes-from-water-to-dog-dishes/Chef Soohwa Yu has been serving Asian carp at the University of Illinois since 2017. According to Yu, four out of six dining halls at the university serve the invasive fish.
November 19, 2020 https://greatlakesecho.org/2020/11/19/asian-carp-on-our-plates-not-in-our-water/Study says lack of a picky-palate could help them spread and disrupt native ecosystems.
August 21, 2019 https://greatlakesecho.org/2019/08/21/favorite-food-not-on-the-menu-no-problem-for-asian-carp-they-eat-almost-anything/Scientists stay busy in winter protecting wetlands from destructive carp. And they’re using an unusual weapon: Christmas trees.
February 15, 2018 https://greatlakesecho.org/2018/02/15/discarded-christmas-trees-a-weapon-against-asian-carp/Autopsy reveals that the Asian carp caught near Lake Michigan in June was from the Illinois/Middle Mississippi watershed. But some questions are still unanswered — like how it got past electric barriers designed to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes.
August 23, 2017 https://greatlakesecho.org/2017/08/23/autopsy-reveals-more-on-asian-carp-found-near-lake-michigan/In a long-awaited report, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says new measures are needed to prevent Asian carp from getting into the Great Lakes.
August 8, 2017 https://greatlakesecho.org/2017/08/08/blast-noise-to-keep-asian-carp-out-of-great-lakes-new-u-s-study-says/An Asian Carp was caught recently in a place where it shouldn’t be — beyond an electric barrier meant to keep the species out of Lake Michigan and the rest of the Great Lakes. Researchers at Southern Illinois University are trying to figure out just how it got there.
August 2, 2017 https://greatlakesecho.org/2017/08/02/why-did-the-asian-carp-cross-lake-michigans-electric-barrier-this-scientists-on-the-case/An Asian carp was discovered just miles away from Lake Michigan, past electric barriers meant to stop them.
June 29, 2017 https://greatlakesecho.org/2017/06/29/nwf-expresses-concerns-about-asian-carp-discovery/In part two of Great Lakes Today’s series on President Trump’s 2018 budget, we travel to the southern tip of Lake Michigan. Researchers there are trying to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes, but proposed budget cuts could limit their work.
June 13, 2017 https://greatlakesecho.org/2017/06/13/can-asian-carp-be-kept-out-of-lake-michigan/These invaders have the power to alter entire ecosystems. The good news? They may not threaten the climate as some studies previously indicated.
November 15, 2016 https://greatlakesecho.org/2016/11/15/sea-lamprey-asian-carp-zebra-musselsearthworms/