Recent News
Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Releases 2021 Asian Carp Action Plan
The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee is pleased to announce the release of its 2021 Asian Carp Action Plan, a comprehensive portfolio of projects focused on Great Lakes protection.
Chicago Area Waterway System Fall 2020 Seasonal Intensive Monitoring Event Concludes
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
Follow-up eDNA results announced for Bubbly Creek, Chicago
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.
Invasive grass carp captured in the Tittabawassee River
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.
Results of Asian carp barge entrainment field trials released
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.
More than 50 invasive carp captured on Mississippi River
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is conducting an immediate response to the capture of 51 invasive carp on the Mississippi River. The invasive carp were caught by two commercial fishing operators near La Crosse and Trempealeau, Wisconsin, during routine spring netting last weekend.
Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Releases 2020 Asian Carp Action Plan
The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee is pleased to announce the release of the 2020 Asian Carp Action Plan, the partnership’s comprehensive portfolio of projects focused on Great Lakes protection.
Invasive carp eDNA sampling results cause retesting on three Michigan inland lakes
Environmental DNA testing by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revealed no evidence of genetic material from bighead and silver carp in Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, Long Lake in Hillsdale County or Cass Lake in Oakland County.
No Asian carp found in two-week sampling of Bubbly Creek
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and partner agencies under the leadership of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee have found no Asian carp in the second week of searching for the invasive fish in the Chicago Area Waterway System.