Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Man charged with selling live Asian carp to DNR agents in Midland


In an undated photo provided by the Michigan Attorney General, a confiscated Asian carp is shown. Michigan authorities have charged David Shane Costner of Harrisburg, Ark., with 12 counts of selling live Asian carp in violation of a state law meant to prevent the spread of invasive species.
An Arkansas man accused of illegally selling live Asian carp in Michigan has been charged with 12 felony counts, officials said Tuesday. The Michigan attorney general’s office said David Shane Costner, 42, of Harrisburg, Ark., sold two grass carp last month in Midland to undercover officers from the state Department of Natural Resources. He had been driving around the state selling the carp from store parking lots, investigators said. Grass carp are among four species of Asian carp that infested U.S. waterways after being imported decades ago to clear algae from fish ponds and sewage treatment lagoons.

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