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Asian Carp / Food Banks
2:27 pm
Mon July 4, 2011

Invasive Asian carp: protien-rich offering for Ill. food banks?

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Cleaning an Asian carp for food preparation.
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Reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Luke Runyon used in this report.

Asian carp - the invasive fish that's plagued Illinois rivers and is threatening the Great Lakes could soon become a staple at food banks.

Todd Main, with the state Department of Natural Resources, says there's more than two hundred million pounds of Asian carp swimming in the state's rivers.

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