With the Threat of Asian Carp Growing, Could Eating Them Be the Answer?

Writer Andrew Reeves discusses the trend of invasivorism and what you can do to help stop the spread of Asian carp.

Overrun Andrew Reeves Books

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For well over a decade, Asian carp have threatened the Great Lakes with an invasion that will change the Lakes’ ecosystem forever.

One of the many potential solutions to alleviating the crisis could involve your plans for dinner. 

That’s right, eating invasive species—a method called invasivorism—is a trend that’s growing in the U.S.

But is it a real solution to preventing Asian carp from spreading to the Great Lakes?

CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire speaks with Andrew Reeves, the author of a new book called  Overrun: Dispatches From The Asian Carp Crisis about how invasivorism works and what people can do to help get rid of invasive fish.

Click on the audio player above to learn more about a potential solution for ridding the Great Lakes of Asian carp and listen to CultureShift weekdays from noon to 2 p.m. on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit Public Radio. 

Interactive Map courtesy of Sandra Svoboda/ Great Lakes Now 

Author

  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and managing editor and lead reporter of WDET's new environmental series, the Detroit Tree Canopy Project, as well as WDET's CuriosiD podcast. She was the host of WDET’s CultureShift and a founding producer of the station’s flagship news talk show *Detroit Today*. Amanda also served as a Morning Edition host at WDET and previously worked as a host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.