The manuscript contains the statement, “Since that time, they have been slowly swimming their way north and can now be found in 46 states, and most worrisome, just a few miles away from the Great Lakes—the largest freshwater ecosystem in the world with a commercial fishing industry worth more than US$7 billion” (p. 1). There have been recorded captures of grass carp in all of the Great Lakes except for Lake Superior [1]. However, there has only been three captures of any other type of carp (Bighead) and thus doesn’t fit the description. Not all have swum there; some were introduced [2]. The sentence should state, “Grass carp can now be found in 46 states, and most worrisome, in the Great Lakes—the largest freshwater ecosystem in the world with a fishing industry worth more than US$7 billion.”
The manuscript contains the statement, “Such hopes however proved...
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