Posted on 04/23/2009 5:02:59 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Utah officials are about to embark on what they believe is the nation's biggest carp removal project.
Later this year, commercial fishermen are expected to begin removing about 5 million pounds of carp from Utah Lake.
Over six years, they hope to remove about 30 million pounds of the fish, which officials say is impeding efforts to recover a native species called the June sucker.
The carp removal project got a boost this week with news that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing about $1 million for the work. State officials plan to match that federal grant with an additional $510,000.
The fish are unedible due to polution.
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