Action Plans and Reports

The National Invasive Carp Management and Control Plan was developed by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service led multi-agency Invasive Carp Working Group and was approved for implementation by the national Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force in 2007. The National Plan includes 7 complementary goals to manage and control invasive carps in United States waters, and 48 strategies and 131 recommendations to achieve those goals. The National Plan serves as the baseline for the development and implementation of regional step-down plans such as sub-basin Invasive Carp Control Strategy Frameworks.

Management and Control Plan for Bighead, Black, Grass, and Silver Carps in the United States (3.62 MB)

Developed annually since 2010, the Invasive Carp Action Plan is a comprehensive portfolio of projects focused on Great Lakes protection. The action plan serves as a foundation for the work of the Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee. The strategy within the action plan incorporates the most current advances in science and technology for invasive carp prevention and control, and also supports the goals and recommendations of the national Management and Control Plan for Bighead, Black, Grass, and Silver Carps in the United States.

ICRCC

2024 Invasive Carp Action Plan (8.86 MB)

2023 Invasive Carp Action Plan (9.71 MB)

2022 Invasive Carp Action Plan Amendments (858.4 KB)

2022 Invasive Carp Action Plan (4.92 MB)

2021 Asian Carp Action Plan (5.93 MB)

2020 Asian Carp Action Plan (4.47 MB)

2019 Asian Carp Action Plan (6.03 MB)

2018 Asian Carp Action Plan (6.3 MB)

2017 Asian Carp Action Plan (5.81 MB)

2017 Asian Carp Action Plan Amendments (395.11 KB)

2016 Asian Carp Action Plan Amendments (778.82 KB)

2016 Asian Carp Action Plan (6.13 MB)

2015 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (4.37 MB)

2014 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (5.74 MB)

2013 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (3.7 MB)

2012 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (2.61 MB)

2011 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (2.92 MB)

2010 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (783.08 KB)

Missouri River Basin

Missouri River Basin Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (1.76 MB)

Ohio River Basin

Ohio River Basin Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (1.55 MB)

Great Lakes

2023 Invasive Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (22.51 MB)

2022 Invasive Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (20.26 MB)

2020 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (14.61 MB)

2019 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (13.7 MB)

2018 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (15.64 MB)

2017 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (7.59 MB)

2016 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (5.59 MB)

2015 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (4.51 MB)

2014 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (8.29 MB)

2013 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (12.29 MB)

2012 Monitoring and Rapid Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (3.6 MB)

2011 Monitoring and Rapid Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (3.61 MB)

Mississippi River Basin

2017 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Mississippi River Basin (7.98 MB)

2016 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Mississippi River Basin (2.55 MB)

2015 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Mississippi River Basin (2.11 MB)

2016 Upper Illinois Waterway Contingency Response Plan (1.14 MB)

Great Lakes Basin

2022 Invasive Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (17.84 MB)

2021 Invasive Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (15.61 MB)

2020 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (10.08 MB)

2019 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (11.13 MB)

2018 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (19.69 MB)

2017 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (13.7 MB)

2016 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (9.58 MB)

2015 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (7.38 MB)

2014 Interim Summary Report Appendix E (986.3 KB)

2014 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (5.18 MB)

2014 Interim Summary Report Appendix D (5.9 MB)

2013 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (8.54 MB)

2012 Asian Carp Monitoring and Rapid Response Plan Interim Summary Report (5.46 MB)

2011 Asian Carp Monitoring and Rapid Response Plan Interim Summary Report (3.81 MB)

Upper Mississippi & Ohio River Basins

2017 Asian Carp Annual Interim Reports for the Mississippi River Basin (12.12 MB)

Since 2014, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has worked with Federal and State partner agencies to prepare a Report to Congress focused on invasive carp management efforts in the Upper Mississippi River and Ohio River basins, as required by the Water Resources and Reform Act of 2014. These reports include observed changes in the range of invasive carp, a summary of Federal agency efforts and cooperative efforts with non-Federal partners, priority research needs, quantitative measures to document progress and a cross-cut accounting of Federal and non-Federal expenditures. With the passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, the Report to Congress was changed to a two-year report cycle and expanded to include all six sub-basins of the Mississippi River.

2018 Annual Report to Congress (3.28 MB)

2017 Annual Report to Congress (4.14 MB)

2016 Annual Report to Congress (1.52 MB)

2015 Annual Report to Congress (4.45 MB)

2015 Annual Report to Congress Appendix 1 (567.1 KB)

2015 Annual Report to Congress Appendix 2 (107.64 KB)

2014 Annual Report to Congress (14.54 MB)