Silverfin is another name for Asian silver carp, an invasive fish species that is threatening Louisiana habitat, but a local chef has an idea to try to help.
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CHAMPAIGN, Illinois — It’s dinner time on a Tuesday in October at a popular dining hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, its flagship campus. Hungry students line up, swipe their ID cards and swarm the buffets. They have a new food option - Asian carp!
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ATLAS OBSCURA - Asian carp are a problem, but they're also dinner.
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GULF SEAFOOD FOUNDATION = From the Gulf to the Great Lakes, from Denver to Knoxville, Bighead and Asian Silver carp have overtaken manmade lakes and large sections of rivers threatening the ecosystem and the multi-million dollar recreational and commercial fishing industry.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP - MULTIPLE DISTRIBUTION) - A Louisiana chef hopes to control invasive Asian carp by marketing them as Silverfin fish cakes.
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CHICAGO – Illinois Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti will join Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and several partners from both states on Monday at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to celebrate a collaboration to encourage human consumption of Asian Carp, which could also have a positive ecological and economic impact for both states.
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BATON ROUGE, LA - The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry is concerned that a proposed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to control an invasive species of fish in the Great Lakes area could negatively impact Louisiana’s maritime traffic.
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BATON ROUGE - Plopping a 25-pound Asian carp in all its glorious ugliness onto a table in the middle of a conference room is a sure-fire way to get an audience’s attention.
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OREGON - Frog leg potato salad. Feral pig bratwurst. Pulled wild turkey. In other words — not your average meal. All of these unusual foods were available to diners at the Invasive Species Cook-off, which was held Sunday afternoon at Chintimini Farm in Philomath.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL - The ponds near Melanie Gisler's Corvallis, Ore., home were lousy with bullfrogs. Whenever the restoration ecologist went hiking, the banks would come alive as they hopped to safety.
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