Illinois is rebranding an invasive carp in the hopes of encouraging people to eat it — and solving a decades-old issue that has been threatening the ecosystem of the U.S. state's waterways
"We've launched a new name, 'copi', to help people consume this delicious fish and help us do our work in keeping them out of the waterways," said Kevin Irons, assistant chief of fisheries for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources .
A caught carp is seen on a boat during a hunt for Asian carp with bow and arrow on the Illinois River near Lacon, Illinois, U.S., September 14, 2019. Picture taken September 14, 2019. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi "Anything you do with ground meat you can do with copi," said Dirk Fucik, owner of Dirk's Fish and Gourmet Shop in Chicago.
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