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Welcome to InvasiveCarp.us, where you can find up-to-date information on ongoing efforts to prevent invasive carp from becoming established in the Great Lakes and beyond. We invite you to learn more about the work of federal, provincial, state and local partners as we join together to prevent the spread of these destructive fish.
Working Together Across the United States and Canada
In 2007, the Management and Control Plan for Bighead, Black, Grass, and Silver Carp was created to prevent the further spread of invasive carps and to control existing carp populations. Regional partnerships have formed across the United States and Canada to coordinate the implementation of this National Plan.
Recent News
2023 Invasive Carp Action Plan
Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Releases 2023 Invasive Carp Action Plan
April 6, 2023
The Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee is pleased to announce the release of its 2023 Invasive Carp Action Plan, a comprehensive portfolio of more than 50 projects focused on Great Lakes protection. Activities include aggressive efforts to reduce populations of bighead and silver carp along established fronts, large-scale field trials of potential invasive carp deterrent technologies and actions to address black and grass carp threats.
As part of the rapid response monitoring effort, a commercial fisherman checks a gillnet for invasive carp along the Calumet River. Photo courtesy of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Sampling Concludes in Illinois Waterway - No Silver or Bighead Carp Found
August 30, 2022
No silver or bighead carp were seen or caught during two consecutive weeks of rapid response monitoring initiated by the capture of an adult silver carp in Lake Calumet on August 4, 2022. The response monitoring was conducted August 5 through August 19 in Lake Calumet and adjacent waters within the Chicago Area Waterway System.
The silver carp captured in the Illinois Waterway on June 22, 2017 below T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam. Image courtesy of Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Invasive silver carp removed from Lake Calumet
August 5, 2022
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee today announced the removal of one silver carp from Lake Calumet in the Chicago Area Waterway System. Lake Calumet is approximately seven miles from Lake Michigan. The fish was captured yesterday by gill netting and electro-fishing crews from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
eDNA from invasive silver carp identified in Lake Erie's Presque Isle Bay
Pre-cautionary electrofishing found no carp, additional eDNA sampling planned
July 21, 2022
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission today announced that it has conducted targeted invasive carp sampling in Presque Isle Bay, Erie County, after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service detected the presence of Silver Carp environmental DNA.
Copi Po' Boy prepared by chef Brian Jupiter.
State of Illinois renames and rebrands Asian carp
Choose Copi: Eat Well and Do Good
June 22, 2022
Following more than two years of consumer research and planning, the State of Illinois today unveiled "Copi," the new name for Asian carp. The new name and brand are designed to address public misconceptions about this delicious top-feeding fish, which is overrunning Midwest waterways.