By Kaitlyn Camilleri
Asian carp have posed a problem for the Great Lakes for decades, and now a man from Arkansas has been charged with the selling of invasive species to people in Midland.
Officials say the suspect sold fish to two undercover DNR investigators last month.
Ed Golder is the Public Information Officer for the Michigan DNR.
"Asian carp represent a very significant and serious threat to the health of the great lakes and to our waterways. They're large, ferocious animals that can just take over sections of the water ways and they consume food that is then not available to native species. And so that's the very grave concern about Asian carp getting into the great lakes."
Golder said the suspect was conducting sales out of a pond-stocking truck. He said carp are used to clean vegetation out of private ponds.
The concern is, if the fish get into the Great Lakes, they'll proliferate and destroy native habitats.
The suspect has been charged with ten felony counts of possession of a prohibited species.
Asian carp have posed a problem for the Great Lakes for decades, and now a man from Arkansas has been charged with the selling of invasive species to people in Midland.
Officials say the suspect sold fish to two undercover DNR investigators last month.
Ed Golder is the Public Information Officer for the Michigan DNR.
"Asian carp represent a very significant and serious threat to the health of the great lakes and to our waterways. They're large, ferocious animals that can just take over sections of the water ways and they consume food that is then not available to native species. And so that's the very grave concern about Asian carp getting into the great lakes."
Golder said the suspect was conducting sales out of a pond-stocking truck. He said carp are used to clean vegetation out of private ponds.
The concern is, if the fish get into the Great Lakes, they'll proliferate and destroy native habitats.
The suspect has been charged with ten felony counts of possession of a prohibited species.