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Ontario Reacts to Live Asian Carp Spilled in River

11:49 am in Business & Politics, fish, great lakes, ontario by TreeHugger

thames-river-bridge-ontario.jpg Photo by Robert Taylor This was an actual test. But only a test. Like those emergency tones you hear on your TV when a storm is approaching. Officials in Ontario, Canada, think the possibility of a live Asian carp invasion via truck is real. People have been caught trying to bring the invasive fish to the Toronto fish market, Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sword-Swinging Ninjas On Skis Go After Asian Carp (Video)

8:18 pm in Culture & Celebrity, fish, great lakes, illinois by TreeHugger

Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent, or maybe Chuck Norris. People dressed in spiked body armor with Wolverine-style claws and samurai swords are taking to the Illinois River to battle Asian carp, the NRDC reports. Oh, and they're also on water skis. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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