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Silver carp or also known as "flying carp" entered the united states through aquaculture on catfish farms, they were imported by the farmers to control algae growth, flooding in the region released a population into local river systems. Being a very prolific and large species of carp, they rapidly reproduced and invaded other tributaries and migrated up the Mississippi river towards the Great Lakes.

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