Title: Asian carp found in St. Croix River - first silver carp
Headings: Invasive silver carp found for the first time in St. Croix River
Invasive silver carp found for the first time in St. Croix River
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Invasive silver carp found for the first time in St. Croix River
Undated photo of an invasive silver carp that was captured by a commercial fishing boat on the St. Croix River near Prescott, Wis. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources confirmed the catch Thursday, March 16, 2017, as the first silver carp confirmed on the St. Croix. Photo courtesy of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
By Dave Orrick | dorrick@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: March 16, 2017 at 2:41 p.m. | UPDATED: March 16, 2017 at 7:21 p.m.
For the first time, an invasive silver carp has been captured in the St. Croix River. The carp, one of several invasive species of so-called “Asian carp,” was caught Friday, March 10, by a commercial fishing boat, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which announced confirmation of the catch Thursday. Silver carp are notorious for their proclivity to leap out of the water when boats approach. They’re also regarded as a major threat to native species and the state’s deep love of fishing. But St. Croix lovers shouldn’t fear the carp-pocalypse quite yet. The fish was found near the confluence of the St. Croix and the Mississippi rivers at Prescott, Wis. Silver carp already had been found farther upstream in the Mississippi,, and biologists have long suspected fish would swim unimpeded up the St. Croix and be detected sooner or later. Image courtesy Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Bighead carp — another prominent invasive Asian carp — have been found in those waters as well.