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Action Plans and Reports

The Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee updates its action plan every year, providing current information on the priority projects carried out by its members. Updated action plans are finalized in the Spring.

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)

The Monitoring and Response Work Group is a subset of the Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee. These experts are focused on the invasive carp population in the Illinois Waterway, including the Illinois River and the Chicago Area Waterway System with access to Lake Michigan. The group produces an annual plan on activities related to monitoring, the use of fish deterrent barriers and mass removal to prevent upstream passage and preparing for potential changes in the invasive carp population. The group also produces interim summary reports to assess the corresponding year’s progress on projects outlined in its Monitoring and Response Plan for the Illinois Waterway.

2024 Invasive Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (5.03 MB)
2023 Invasive Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (22.51 MB)
2022 Invasive Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (20.26 MB)
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)
2020 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (14.61 MB)
2019 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (11.13 MB)
2019 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (13.7 MB)
2018 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (19.69 MB)
2018 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (15.64 MB)
2017 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (13.7 MB)
2017 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (7.59 MB)
2016 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (9.58 MB)
2016 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (5.59 MB)
2015 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (7.38 MB)
2015 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (4.51 MB)
2014 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (5.18 MB)
2014 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (8.29 MB)
2014 Interim Summary Report Appendix D (5.9 MB)
2014 Interim Summary Report Appendix E (986.3 KB)
2013 Monitoring and Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (12.29 MB)
2013 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan Interim Summary Report (8.54 MB)
2012 Monitoring and Rapid Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (3.6 MB)
2012 Asian Carp Monitoring and Rapid Response Plan Interim Summary Report (5.46 MB)
2011 Monitoring and Rapid Response Plan for Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System (3.61 MB)
2011 Asian Carp Monitoring and Rapid Response Plan Interim Summary Report (3.81 MB)

Also included as an addendum to the Monitoring and Response Plan for the Illinois Waterway, the Upper Illinois Waterway Contingency Response Plan describes specific coordinated actions different agencies would take if a change is detected in the status of invasive carp that could indicate an increased risk to the Great Lakes. The Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee’s Communications Work Group coordinates rapid-response communications to members of Congress and other policy-makers, conservation partners, interest groups, media outlets and the public.

2016 Upper Illinois Waterway Contingency Response Plan (1.14 MB)

In 2007, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service led a multi-agency effort to develop a national invasive carp plan. This was the first time partners came together to formalize a broad, coordinated effort and overarching guidance for managing invasive carp. 

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

The Water Resources and Development Act Report to Congress provides a summary of actions, strategies, expenditures and progress in addressing the threat of invasive carp in the Mississippi River basin. In 2014, the law authorized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lead a multiagency effort to address the spread of invasive carp in certain portions of the Mississippi River basin in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. The scope was later broadened to encompass the entire Mississippi River basin.

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)