The Worst Fish in America: Asian Carpocalypse
Friday, November 14, 2014 at 12:00AM
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VICE News correspondent Thomas Morton investigates Asian carp.

VICE News traveled across Illinois to see how people are dealing with the Asian carp invasion, visiting the Redneck Fishing Tournament — where the sole mission is to catch as many carp as possible — touring a processing plant trying to monetize the fish, and then heading to Chicago, where we learned that Asian carp are a symptom of a much larger issue.

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