Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee
Leading the way in Asian carp control and management.
Highlights
- Obama Administration to Present Asian Carp Control Options by 2013
- Army Corps releases report on valuation of commercial fisheries
- Aquatic Nuisance Species Control Paper released based on public input
- Report on the use of fishing to control Asian carp populations
- Coast Guard amends regulations on ballast water management
- Asian Carp
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John Goss, Asian Carp Director
Photo Credit: Shedd Aquarium
In February, the Obama Administration announced the 2012 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework that includes a series of new measures to protect the Great Lakes from Asian carp. This plan builds on the unprecedented and successful plan the Administration established in 2010 keep Asian carp from developing self-sustaining populations in the Great Lakes. The 2012 Framework adds new measures such as expanding eDNA sampling to additional areas in the Great Lakes region, deploying new nets and other technologies to enhance Asian carp capture rates, and developing cutting-edge biological controls and monitoring technology.
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John Goss is the Asian Carp Director at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Chair of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee.
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John Goss speaks with Scholastic Kids Press Corps Member
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Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee