Asian carp are getting a new name, copi, as the Illinois DNR hopes to encourage more people to eat the invasive species threatening the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful waterways and shorelines in the United States, but invasive species are threatening their ecosystems.
Regulators have spent more than $600 million to keep them from the Great Lakes and waters such as Lake Barkley on the Kentucky-Tennessee line. Strategies include placing electric barriers at choke points and hiring crews to harvest the fish for products such as fertilizer and pet food. Other technologies - underwater noisemakers, air bubble curtains - are in the works.
In the U.S., carp are known primarily as muddy-tasting bottom feeders. But the four targeted species live higher in the water column, feeding on algae, wetland plants and - in the case of black carp - mussels and snails. They're high in omega-3 fatty acids and low in mercury and other contaminants, Irons said.
Span researchers considered a number of names -"butterfin" among them - before settling on"copi," Irons said. It sounded catchy, a tad exotic, even fun, he said. Illinois also plans to register the"copi" trademark, enabling industry groups to develop quality control procedures, Irons said.
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