States Sue Feds Over Carp

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jul 19, 2010 7:35PM

And, lo, the fight over the Asian Carp invasion continued... Five states - Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania - filed a lawsuit against the federal government today, demanding tougher restrictions and more action to prevent the spread of the destructive fish into the Great Lakes. Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, who spear-headed a fight over the fish that went all the way to the Supreme Court (who opted not to tackle it), said in a statement, "Asian carp will kill jobs and ruin our way of life. We cannot afford more bureaucratic delays -- every action must be taken to protect the Great Lakes." Not on the list is Indiana, who has already started their own experiment at rebuffing the fish. The ongoing carp saga has only increased as one was discovered in Lake Calumet last month and a recent fish kill in Garfield Park didn't go over as popular as hoped.