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Asian Carp Or Silverfin?

PHOTO: Sarah Payette
PHOTO: Sarah Payette

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/CarpDinner_0.mp3

One of the strategies to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes is to eat the ones living in the Mississippi River. But finding a market for millions of pound of carp is not a simple matter. It will take more than a name change. We brought a few chefs together at The Great Lakes Culinary Institute to see what they could do with the fish. Hear about that and why harvesting an invasive species isn’t always a wise management strategy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7wgM8gZ5EA#t=79

Peter Payette is the Executive Director of Interlochen Public Radio.