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AUTHORS: Ron Brooks, Fisheries, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
ABSTRACT: Typical sportfish sampling methods are not effective in accurately assessing Asian carp abundance. For that reason, an over abundance of Asian carp in Kentucky and Barkley lakes was unknown until fall, 2009. Since that time, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife has spent significant time and resources to create means of removing Asian carp from the two very economically important reservoirs. This presentation will discuss events and processes that have led to increased effort in research and in creating a fish processing industry that targets Asian carp for products such as surimi, whole fish, fish filets, and others. It will also cover challenges facing our fledgling industry and a public-private partnership strategy that we hope will not only result in the reduction of Asian carp in the two Kentucky reservoirs, but one that may be a model that will expand to other states. In order to fully address Asian carp issues throughout the lower Mississippi River basin, removal efforts must occur throughout the southern states. The key may involve each state creating incentives and partnerships that use the fish industry as a primary tool to manage and reduce Asian carp in reservoirs and river systems.
Monday October 30, 2017 4:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
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