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Bighead Asian carp found in Chicago
Fish is 21 and 7/8 inches long
Updated: Friday, 04 Dec 2009, 6:17 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 03 Dec 2009, 9:20 PM EST
CHICAGO (WOOD) - A bighead Asian carp was found among dead fish from a recent kill in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, the Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup announced Thursday evening.
It was found 500 feet above the Lockport Lock and Dam, near the west bank by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee. This is the first actual carp that has been found in the canal since testing earlier this year suggested the presence of Asian carp in the area.
The fish is 21 and 7/8 inches long.
Clean-up operations in the area ended Thursday evening and will resume at around 7 a.m. Friday. More than 350 people have helped.
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