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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Josina Morita is leading the “Asian Carp Challenge” and she joins Steve Bertrand on Chicago’s Afternoon News to talk about this initiative. 

Josina Morita, commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, talks about the need to reduce the population of invasive Asian Carp in Chicago's water ways.

The goal of the event is to raise awareness about invasive Asian carp and what neighbors can do to keep the fish from taking over Chicago waterways.

Josina Morita, a commissioner with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, says Chicagoans should embrace the taste of the invasive fish species that threatens Illinois’ waterways — and she is giving out samples for free.