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AUTHORS: Ron Brooks, Fisheries, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
ABSTRACT: Asian carp invaded the Ohio River late in the 20th century. The small level of invasions and the relative value of the Ohio River as a fishery resulted in little attention by various the state, main-stem agencies. Consensus agreement was that there was no way to stop the invasive fishes’ expanding ranges or numbers, regardless. This revelation of despair was evident even after the jumping silver carp numbers exploded in the pools below Louisville, Kentucky, and after the fish had finally solved the dilemma provided by the Falls of the Ohio which seemed to block their expansion up the Ohio River for several years. However, the state agencies’ sentiment changed when there was a plea from Pennsylvania and an offer for funding from a private source to try and slow Asian carp expansion. In 2011, MICRA began educating Congress about the River’s issues; and the D.C visits have continued annually every year since. By 2013, population assessments and removal of Asian carp from the leading edge of the Ohio River invasion was initiated utilizing a mixture of private and Kentucky agency funding; and later, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) provided funding and staff for telemetry and hydroacoustics work. MICRA’s persistence and work with the Ohio River states resulted in an Ohio River Asian carp framework, several action plans, and additional funding through the USFWS. Today, the consistent, ongoing multiagency effort is instrumental in Asian carp removal and monitoring its effects on the carps’ leading edge expansion.
Monday October 30, 2017 1:20pm - 1:40pm EDT
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