The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is going to rename the invasive Asian carp also known as a silver carp and try to

Plankton are the foundation of food for the existing species that already live in the Great Lakes.

the 1970s as a way to control nuisance algal blooms in wastewater treatment plants and aquaculture ponds as well as for human food

These bighead and silver carp just take all the food from all other fish making it almost impossible for other species to survive

for the DNR, is the prospect of Asian carp gaining in numbers in the Great Lakes, as they are sold live in some cities as a food

These fish take over by eating all the other species eggs and consume most of the food available so in the end they will be the

Silver carp feed on plankton, a primary food for many native fish including walleye, yellow perch, and lake whitefish....Silver carp are stronger and highly aggressive at pushing competitors away from food and then wiping out the supply.

And if there's a LOT of them, then food supplies for other species could start to dwindle.

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This past summer, people were left confused when a bunch of fish randomly died in Lake Orion. The Michigan DNR got involved and