Prussian carp were first introduced to an irrigation canal northeast of Chestermere by an illegal dumping from a private fish farm adjacent to a canal.
Now that facility grows Talapia. That water eventually gets to the Red Deer River. So this was an intentional dumping rather than euthanizing and properly disposing of the carp.
After that there were lots of fish moved around no doubt by people.
The carp's incredible ability to reproduce has allowed the population to explode across southern Alberta
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