A silver carp jumps near Larry Bateman with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Friday, July 14, 2006 on the Wabash River near West Lafayette. The carp are a invasive species that came up from the Mississippi River and will jump when they hear a boat motor. Staff file photo by Michael Heinz
A silver carp jumps near Larry Bateman with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Friday, July 14, 2006 on the Wabash River near West Lafayette. The carp are a invasive species that came up from the Mississippi River and will jump when they hear a boat motor. Staff file photo by Michael Heinz
In some Midwest waterways, including portions of the Wabash River, the voracious Asian carp is choking out native fish.

Now, a group of investors in Illinois thinks it may have found a use for all that Asian carp, by turning them into fish meal, oil and bone meal that can be marketed globally.

A Purdue University aquatic ecologist says if the venture succeeds, it could mitigate the impact on native species caused by the invasive species.

“Harvest would help control the population quite a bit,” Rueben Goforth said Wednesday. “Any level of removal would be helpful.”
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