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The troublesome fish currently known as Asian carp may get a new name in Minnesota over concern that the current one casts people from Asian cultures in a negative light.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proposals advancing in the Legislature would require the Department of Natural Resources to refer to the fish as “invasive carp,”<\/strong> a reference to the threat the non-native fish pose to Mississippi River-area ecosystems.<\/p>\n

Senator John Hoffman, the Champlin Democrat sponsoring a bill in the Senate, said some people of Asian descent have complained about the name.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Caucasians brought them to America,” said Hoffman, the bill’s primary Senate sponsor. “Should we call them ‘Caucasian carp?’ They have names. Let’s call them what they are.”<\/p>\n

Asian carp actually describes two closely related fish, the bighead carp and silver carp, that are native to a region of Asia spanning China, part of Siberia and North Korea,<\/strong> according to Cindy Kolar, a fish biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Va.<\/p>\n

Since their introduction to the United States about 30 years ago, they have become a threat to native fish including those in the Great Lakes, Minnesota and elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jean Lee<\/strong>, who testified for the Senate bill Thursday, said she became upset by the term as it was used during a round-table meeting she attended with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“They were referring to the Asian people in terms of being invasive species. This was offensive,”<\/strong> said Lee, executive director of the Children’s Hope International Minnesota chapter. That St. Louis-based nonprofit organization facilitates international adoptions from countries including China and Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Sia Her, executive director of the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, a state agency, also testified in support of calling the fish “invasive carp.” The negative response to the fish “will reflect negatively on our community,”<\/strong> she said.<\/p>\n

The key aspect of the fish is that it is invasive, she said.<\/p>\n

The Senate bill was approved and now awaits a floor vote. A similar House bill hasn’t yet had a committee hearing.<\/p>\n

A similar bill was introduced in the Iowa Legislature last year but didn’t make it out of committee.<\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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