An Asian carp was discovered last week in the St. Croix River and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it underscores the need to increase efforts to stop their spread.
Commercial fishermen caught a 30-pound bighead carp at the mouth of the St. Croix River Thursday, April 19. Bighead carp are one of several non-native species of Asian carp that can cause serious ecological problems.
"This latest discovery - the third in the last year - underscores the urgency surrounding Asian carp," said Steve Hirsch, director of DNR's Division of Ecological and Water Resources. "These invaders have huge potential to wreak havoc on Minnesota's fisheries and aquatic ecosystems, so we need to do everything we can to stop them from spreading, and we need to do it now."
This was the third Asian carp was found in Minnesota waters this year.
In March, a bighead and a silver carp were netted on the Mississippi River near Winona.
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/974238/396/Asian-carp-found-in-St-Croix-River
It blows!!!! They also found another bighead and a silver carp last March.
Commercial fishermen caught a 30-pound bighead carp at the mouth of the St. Croix River Thursday, April 19. Bighead carp are one of several non-native species of Asian carp that can cause serious ecological problems.
"This latest discovery - the third in the last year - underscores the urgency surrounding Asian carp," said Steve Hirsch, director of DNR's Division of Ecological and Water Resources. "These invaders have huge potential to wreak havoc on Minnesota's fisheries and aquatic ecosystems, so we need to do everything we can to stop them from spreading, and we need to do it now."
This was the third Asian carp was found in Minnesota waters this year.
In March, a bighead and a silver carp were netted on the Mississippi River near Winona.
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/974238/396/Asian-carp-found-in-St-Croix-River
It blows!!!! They also found another bighead and a silver carp last March.
