Utah going all out to battle carp PDF Print E-mail
Utah officials plan to remove millions of pounds of carp from a lake in an effort to save a rare native fish.

The endangered June sucker lives only in Utah Lake and its tributaries, where carp are tearing up the vegetation the endangered suckers depend on to hide from predators.

During the fall and winter, 1.4 million pounds of carp were pulled from the lake, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now is contributing $1 million to the effort, and the state is contributing $510,000. State officials hope it will be enough to pull the 30 million pounds over six years biologists say is necessary to save the June sucker.

The U.S. Geological Survey says common carp were introduced in many states and are flourishing in nearly every state. California and Washington state have both spent money to pull carp from their streams.

Officials are wrestling with the question of what to do with the carp they catch. Many of the fish are tainted with carcinogens at levels exceeding those set by U.S. EPA but beneath those set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 April 2009 )
 

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