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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Todd Richmond

Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp.

Over the last five years, agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have employed a new seek-and-destroy strategy that uses turncoat carp to lead them to the fish's hotspot hideouts.

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