Asian carp in North America
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Asian carp, a group of invasive species of fish introduced into North America, pose a major threat to the ecology, environment, economy, and way of life in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada. The term refers to a group of cyprinid fish species originally native to East Asia, of which include several are known to be invasive in the United States, and represent the most urgent potential danger to the ecology of the Great Lakes.
The United States Department of the Interior and United States Fish and Wildlife Service presented their first annual report to Congress on the issue in December 2014. [1] In June, 2022, an EPA funded initiative to rebrand and rename Asian Carp “Copi”[2] was announced.[3] The new name is a part of the Federal and multi-state campaign[4] to rebrand the destructive carps to the public as a healthy and responsible seafood option in order to decrease its numbers in U.S. waterways.[5]