U tube illinois river asian carp

For about two decades, several species of fish commonly known as Asian carp have been swimming up the Mississippi River. The non-native fish, imported to help control algae in commercial fish farms, have been gobbling up food native fish need to survive. The U. And now the battle has spread north to Minnesota. However, critics say an all-out war on the Asian carp could be expensive and biologically unsound.

Exhaustive efforts are being made to quell the voracious species, but perhaps none as novel as the enterprising endeavors of Nate Wallick and Zach Hoffman, who have made a splash on YouTube as the Peoria Carp Hunters. Like a pair of American Gothic superheroes, they have taken to the feisty fish with pitchforks and swords, wearing trash can armor and football helmets. Their method of transportation? Water skis and boat-drawn inner tubes. So they put out millions of eggs and just how fast they are reproducing, if they were to get into the Great Lakes, it would be devastating. Alex Perez of ABC news went along for the ride. The video below shows the carp encounters captured by the news team, as well as other clips of the Peoria Carp Hunters hard at work.

Rebekah Anderson, a biologist with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, had just dropped her phone in the water. There was no real chance of recovering it, but she and Ronnie Brown were peering down, wondering if it could be salvaged, when Brown saw a fish laying in their net close to the surface. Her mind raced in response. This is a really big deal.

YouTubescreenshot Video: Asian Carp Attack The video was captured several years ago near the Spoon River in Illinois, showing the fish jumping from the water as a boat passes by. Duration: Origins Explained 10, , views. Sign in. Continue with Facebook Continue with Google.