Group Eyes Fish Plant for Grafton
September 19, 2010 | myJournalCourier.com | Author Unknown
GRAFTON — If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em.
So says Ben Allen, a businessman and attorney, when he voices his solution to the area's growing Asian carp
problem.
"We can build a prototypical plant right here in Grafton to process and retail the fish for consumption," Allen
said. "That can allow entrepreneurs to see that there is a market for this. We are sitting on an oil well if we can
find a use for these things."
Allen is one of five founding members of Grafton Summit Enterprises LLC, a group of local businessmen
committed to keeping the Asian carp population explosion from destroying Grafton's fishing industry. Allen
says up to 80 percent of fish caught in the Mississippi River are "silverfins," the name that has been given to
the carp in an attempt to change its perception. READ MORE...