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Welcome to AsianCarp.us, where you can find up-to-date information on ongoing efforts to prevent Asian carp from becoming established in the Great Lakes and beyond. We invite you to learn more about the work of federal, provincial, state and local partners as we join together to prevent the spread of these destructive fish.
Working Together Across the United States and Canada
In 2007, the Managament and Control Plan for Bighead, Black, Grass, and Silver Carp was created to prevent the further spread of invasive carps and to control existing carp populations. Regional partnerships have formed across the United States and Canada to coordinate the implementation of this National Plan.
Recent News
Illinois Department of Natural Resources biologists complete an electrofishing run in the Chicago Area Waterway System as part of fall 2020 Seasonal Intensive Monitoring event that concluded on September 25. Photo courtesy of Claire Snyder/Illinois DNR.
Chicago Area Waterway System Fall 2020 Seasonal Intensive Monitoring Event Concludes
October 1, 2020
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and partner agencies under the leadership of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, directed by the partnership’s Monitoring and Response Work Group, found no Asian carp during their fall Seasonal Intensive Monitoring event conducted throughout the Chicago Area Waterway System
The Racine Avenue Pumping Station in Chicago. Photo courtesy of Justin Brown/Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
Follow-up eDNA results announced for Bubbly Creek, Chicago
September 17, 2020
2020 results are now posted for the eDNA sampling done in follow-up to the high number of positive Asian carp eDNA samples found in the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River in 2019.
An adult grass carp. Photo by Ryan Hagerty/USFWS.
Invasive grass carp captured in the Tittabawassee River
April 14, 2020
During a routine fish survey in the Tittabawassee River below the Dow Dam in Midland County on March 17, Michigan Department of Natural Resources staff captured an invasive grass carp.
A barge traveling through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Photo courtesy of USFWS.
Results of Asian carp barge entrainment field trials released
April 3, 2020
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the results of the 2018 Asian carp barge entrainment field trials. The results of the research illustrate that there is a potential for small Asian carp to be inadvertently trapped and transported by commercial barge tows through upstream lock chambers.