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Officials: Invasive Asian carp among species identified in Chicago-area fish kill
- Article by: KAREN HAWKINS , Associated Press
- Updated: December 3, 2009 - 10:43 PM
A crew member pulls a fish from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal as they search for Asian carp in Lockport, Ill.
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LOCKPORT, Ill. - Environmental officials say they have found a single Asian carp in a canal leading to Lake Michigan — the closest any of the giant fish have come to the Great Lakes.
Environmentalists fear the Asian carp could starve out other fish and devastate the $7 billion-a-year Great Lakes fishing industry.
Department of Natural Resources assistant director John Rogner says the single fish was found Thursday among tens of thousands of other species scooped up during a kill operation in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Authorities dumped a toxin into the canal Wednesday to eliminate any carp while an electrical barrier designed to keep them out of the Great Lakes was turned off for maintenance.
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