Invasive Species Coordination Web Site
Download the Asian Carp Briefing Package
Silver and Largescale Silver Carp Now Listed as Injurious
Wildlife
Importation and interstate transport of live silver and largescale silver
carp will be banned (effective August 9, 2007) under a final rule published
in the July 10 Federal Register by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Asian Carp Regional Coordination
Featured Video: Nuisance Fish by Bill Dance & the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Bighead Carp
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
SilverCarp
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Black Carp
Mylopharyngodon piceus
Grass Carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
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Feb 8, 2010 - Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework
Feb 5, 2010 - View the latest DNA Sampling Results
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Since 2009, eDNA sampling has been conducted to detect the possible presence of Asian carp in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and surrounding waterways in northern Illinois, including the confluence with Lake Michigan. Positive results have been obtained at locations throughout the waterway and, most recently, Calumet Harbor in southern Lake Michigan, a warning sign that Asian carp could have advanced past an electric barrier that has previously prevented their movement north. In response, Federal, State, Provincial, non-governmental, industry, and academic partners have formed an Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee to address this threat to the Great Lakes.
