WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO) -- The Supreme Court has made its final decision not to take up the case of closing the Chicago Shipping Canal to in an effort to keep the invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. That doesn't mean the issue has been settled, though.
Attorney General Mike Cox is still pushing to put pressure on President Obama and congressional leaders to take action on the matter. New York Senator Chuck Schumer is asking the EPA, the Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a study to determine what the economic and ecological impacts would be on the Great Lakes if the carp establishes a significant population.
State officials and scientists already claim that the aggressive fish would destroy the state's 7-billion dollar fishing industry by devouring food resources utilized by native fish. Cox, meanwhile, is still collecting petition signatures on his web site at StopAsianCarp.com.
