The Paris Post-Intelligencer – Paris TN: Commercial fishing at Kentucky Lake best defense against Asian carp
October 11, 2011
By GLENN TANNER
P-I Staff Writer
One of the top sport and commercial fishing figures thinks the state’s best defense against Asian carp is sending them back to China — as food.
Bobby Wilson, chief of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s fisheries division, told a group of local outdoorsmen Tuesday night he hopes the state’s commercial fishermen will buy some valuable time in the war on Asian carp.
Wilson was one of the featured speakers at the TWRA Road Show Tuesday night at the Krider Performing Arts Center on Volunteer Drive.
Other guests included Don McKenzie of the National Bobwhite Quail Initiative and Randy Huskey, TWRA statewide hunting safety coordinator.
Wilson told an audience of about 150 that large-scale fishing is the only option available to bring the fish’s population to manageable levels until research on limiting their numbers is complete.
Two species of Asian carp — silver and bighead — are threatening Tennessee waters, including the waters of Kentucky Lake. Click Link Below for Full Story!
Good news, frustration about Asian carp heard at Port Clinton forum | cleveland.com
July 7, 2011
By D’Arcy Egan, The Plain Dealer
PORT CLINTON, OHIO
The constantly-evolving strategies for managing invasive Asian carp, and preventing them from entering the Great Lakes, brought some good news and a lot of frustration to a small crowd attending a public forum of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee at the Sutton Center here on Thursday morning.
While independent studies and fishing and conservation groups continue to call for permanently closing off the Chicago River lock and dam from Lake Michigan – the main route for the frightful invasive carp to enter the Great Lakes – federal officials again turned down that option. They said management plans are working, praising efforts that seem to keep the carp at bay in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
“We don’t have a generation to study this,” said Rick Unger, head of the Lake Erie Charter Boat Association. “We built the electric barrier too late to stop the round goby from getting into the Mississippi River. We need permanent separation, then we can study (Asian carp). We stand to lose Lake Erie, and Ohio can not afford that.”
Major General John Peabody of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers said there is no present plan for separation. Peabody said separating the Chicago River from Lake Michigan will be evaluated, but said it was a waste of tax dollars and not the answer to an incredibly complex problem. Click Link Below For Full Story!
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Asian Carp Found Near Lake Michigan | Gather
June 24, 2010
Asian carp found near Lake Michigan are raising concerns for the fishing industry. Asian carp are heavy-bodied cyprinid fish. The fish are considered detrimental to the environment in the United States.
The term Asian carp typically refers to silver, black, bighead and grass carp. In 2007, silver carp and largescale silver carp were declared an invasive species under the Lacey Act by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was concerned about Asian carp migrating to the Great Lakes. The Army Corps of Engineers completed an electric fish barrier in 2002 at the aquatic link between the Mississippi River and Great Lakes drainage basins.
The CARPACT directs the Army Corps of Engineers to prevent destructive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. Ways to eliminate the carp include fishing and netting, harvesting and use of fish toxicants.
Despite the efforts, an Asian carp was discovered beyond the electric barriers for the first time. The 3 foot, 20 pound fish was found by commercial fisherman in Lake Calumet on the South Side of Chicago. Click Link Below for Full Story!
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