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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Silver Carp Silver Carp Bighead Carp Bighead Carp Asian Carp are one of the largest fish.They can weigh up to100 pounds and can grow up to 4 feet!! They escaped from ponds into the Illinois River in the 1990s. Asian Carp are one of the largest fish.They can weigh up to100 pounds and can grow up to 4 feet!!! They escaped from ponds into the Illinois River in the 1990s. Asian Carp are invasive species. They were brought here by Catfish farmers in the 1970's to cleanretention ponds. When these ponds flooded in the 1990s the carp escaped intolocal waterways. Asian Carp Asian Carp Recent studies show that there are 6,000Asian Carp in 1 mile!The Illinois river is 273miles long.This meansthat there is about 1,638,000 carp in 273 miles! Asian Carp referred to as a threat!!! Asian Carp referred to as a threat!!! Emma Thomas121214 Emma Thomas12/1-2/14 Silver Carp ,subspecies ofAsian carp ,are attracted tothe motors of boats. They jump out of the water and hitpeople. The carp are a huge nuisance to boaters. Females can lay 2,000,000eggs and they grow rapidly! Asian Carp are invasiveor nonnative species.Therefore they have no natural predators so theycan not be easily eliminated Thousands of Asian carp found in the Mississippi and Illinois rivers Thousands of Asian carp found in the Mississippi and Illinois rivers Breeding Breeding Were these farmers really thinking or are we going to lose against FISH??? The carp's enormous size crowds out native species Grass Carp Grass Carp Black Carp Black Carp Asian Carp eggs. Asian carp reproduce rapidly! It only takes10 male and female carpto take over an ecosystem! Because of overpopulationthe carp are now known asa growing threat in the IllinoisRiver. Spawning Silver Carp adults.
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