A name change that is good for you

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These invasive carp are getting a name change so more Americans will eat them

USA Today reports that Illinois officials are working to give the invasive fish a rebrand that will sound more appetizing to consumers. According to the site, the carp’s new name will be revealed over the summer before the Boston Seafood Show in mid July.

Dirk Fucik, the owner of Dirk’s Fish and Gourmet Shop in Chicago, told USA Today why the fish’s current name needs to be altered. “To us in America, we think of carp as a bottom-feeding, muddy-tasting fish, which it is sometimes,” he said, “but Asian carp is a plankton-feeder. It’s a different type of flesh — much cleaner, sweeter-tasting meat.”


To me, old Dirk Fucik should be the one considering a name change