DETROIT - Michigan's attorney general plans to file a lawsuit to protect the Great Lakes and Michigan workers from the threat posed by the invasive Asian carp.
Attorney General Mike Cox's office said Sunday that Cox will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Monday at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit to announce details of the lawsuit. Cox, a Republican running for governor, said earlier this month that he would file a suit in federal court.
Officials poisoned a section of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal this month to prevent the carp from getting closer to Lake Michigan while an electrical barrier was taken down for maintenance.
Scientists say if the carp reach the Great Lakes, they could consume plankton, interrupt the food chain and devastate the $7 billion fishery.
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