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Carp Diem: Asian Threat Coming To Lake Erie?

July 26, 2010 -- Picture a fish so large and so voracious that it could eat 40 times its own weight, decimating the amount of plankton that other fish feed on and devastating the booming Great Lakes fishing industry.

Buffalo's Early News and WBEN.com take a look at fears over the Asian Carp population and what it could mean if it ever reaches Lake Erie. Read the full story to get the details.

"The Asian carp pose a traumatic and long term threat to the Great Lakes and the enormous economic benefit the Lakes provide to New York and the nation."

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