Minnesota DNR taking aggressive action on invasive carp
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is taking further action following the capture of 34 silver carp in Pool 8 of the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis. during a recent Modified Unified Method operation.
Next steps include increased commercial netting operations, tracking tagged carp, and perhaps another Modified Unified Method operation in the Mississippi River.
The USGS-developed Modified Unified Method combines netting and herding techniques to drive and concentrate invasive carp from a large area of water into a small zone for removal. Thirty-one silver carp were captured during the five-day operation earlier this month and three more were captured during follow-up work.
Outdoornews
May 6, 2021
(Minnesota DNR)
The Minnesota DNR, in partnership with the Wisconsin DNR, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is taking further action following the capture of 34 silver carp in Pool 8 of the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis., during a recent Modified Unified Method operation.
Next steps include increased commercial netting operations, tracking tagged carp, and perhaps another Modified Unified Method operation in the Mississippi River.
The USGS-developed Modified Unified Method combines netting and herding techniques to drive and concentrate invasive carp from a large area of water into a small zone for removal. Thirty-one silver carp were captured during the five-day operation earlier this month and three more were captured during follow-up work.
April 21, 2021 By Waterways Journal
Beginning April 5, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conducted a joint intensive carp-harvesting operation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to remove invasive Asian carp from Pool 8 of the Mississippi River. Pool 8 extends from Lock and Dam 8, located near Genoa, Wis., upstream to Lock and Dam 7, located near Dresbach, Minn.
The effort used the innovative Modified Unified Method (MUM) that combines netting and herding techniques to drive and concentrate invasive carp from a large area of water into a small zone for removal. The two agencies say this is the first time the MUM method has been used in Minnesota or Wisconsin waters, and the first time it has been used anywhere as an early detection and rapid response technique. Other partners include the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
LA CROSSE – A fishing expedition for a highly invasive species of carp is underway in the waters of the Mississippi River.
Armed with underwater speakers, electrofishing technology, large boats and nets, employees from the Wisconsin and Minnesota Departments of Natural Resources are trying to find out how many carp have made their way up the river to La Crosse, and how many of them may be spawning new carp into the environment.
The operation so far has netted about 30 carp over the first few days of the operation, enough to establish that the fish have been able to finagle their way this far north, putting other fish and organisms in danger.