Around West Central IL the Asian Carp story has recently taken a more positive spin...there's a company in process right now of opening a cannery near Grafton IL - specifically designed for these fish. They're going to export the product to Asia, where the fish is considered a delicacy. They're hoping to employ 30-50 at the cannery not counting the fisherman themselves that supply the 'raw materials'....

http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/fish-70748-products-asian.html

There's also a pretty big push around here by the DNR folks to try to encourage us locals to eat them...apparently it's a fairly white meat with not terribly fishy flavor. Haven't tried it myself yet.

Dale

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