Asian carp are infesting the Great Lakes at such a high volume that they're endangering lucrative salmon and trout populations. The region, which relies heavily on its fishing industry, is trying anything and everything to get rid of them.

The Great Lakes $80 million Asian carp genocide has apparently failed, so officials want to install barriers on the "carp highway." Good luck.

A mutant Asian carp was caught Tuesday in a waterway just six miles from Lake Michigan, after authorities started an $80 million campaign to annihilate the fish population. The carp "are like cockroaches," and could destroy the Great Lakes' ecosystem.

Big, scary Asian carp are threatening to destroy fish populations in the Great Lakes. So how will officials stop them? By poisoning everything headed for Lake Michigan with a pesticide that is "mildly toxic" to humans. [Chicago Tribune, pic]