US congress has granted $225.8 million to deter Asian carp from traversing the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal and the Great Lakes.
US congress has granted $225.8 million to deter Asian carp from traversing the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal and the Great Lakes.
Used in some states for algae control in ponds, grass carp, a supposedly sterile species, have been in Lake Erie for more than 30 years.
Efforts to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes took another small step forward in the last days of 2020.
Funding for the latest American measures meant to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes is one hurdle away from approval.
No Asian carp were found in the Great Lakes during this year’s early detection surveillance, but experts say Grass carp – the only species of Asian carp found in Ontario waters to date – remains the most imminent threat.
Stepping up measures in the Chicago Area Waterway System to block Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes could cost more than $775 million U.S. dollars. That is if the latest mechanisms recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are accepted and carried out…
The ACRCC is casting a wide net when it comes to methods it will use to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes.
Although a fertile grass carp, a species of Asian carp, caught in Lake Erie is a cause for concern it shouldn’t be seen as the first wave of an invasion of the giant invasive fish.
Evidence has been found of grass carp naturally reproducing in a Great Lakes tributary.
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