An Old Fashioned Strategy to Keep Asian Carp at Bay

Name: An Old Fashioned Strategy to Keep Asian Carp at Bay
Uploaded: 2012-07-26T22:00:00Z
Duration: P415S
Description: To keep Asian carp, an invasive species, from taking over in the Great Lakes, scientists and fishermen are employing an simple strategy: Catch them and eat them. But they have found that there are some pragmatic issues -- as well as marketing issues -- to overcome. Ash-har Quraishi of WTTW in Chicago reports.

Clip: 07/26/2012 | 6m 55s

To keep Asian carp, an invasive species, from taking over in the Great Lakes, scientists and fishermen are employing an simple strategy: Catch them and eat them. But they have found that there are some pragmatic issues -- as well as marketing issues -- to overcome. Ash-har Quraishi of WTTW in Chicago reports.

Aired: 07/26/12

Rating: NR

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