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Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee
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Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee
Overview
• Asian carp• Chicago Area Drainage
• Range and spread of carp• Asian Carp and Dispersal Barrier Background• Draft Framework Approach
– Draft Framework Short-term Actions– Draft Framework Long-term Actions
• Funding• Comments
Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee
Why we’re worried• Large bodied (>100 lbs)
– Bighead: 5 feet, 90 pounds– Silver: 3 feet, 60 pounds
• Eating machines– Up to 20% of body weight/day – Planktivores– Eat same food as natives
• Reproduce, develop quickly– 1 female = 1- 500 million eggs– Grow to ~10” in year 1
• Tend to jump when startled
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Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee
Saint Louis
Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee
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Range and Spread
• Can adapt to northern temperate zones
• Currently within striking distance of the Great Lakes
Reproduce, develop quickly– 1 female = 1- 500 million eggs– Grow to ~10” in year 1
• Tend to jump when startled
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Chronologic Upstream Movement of Asian Carp
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• Detection above barrier– Silver =
2.9% positive– Bighead =
5.7% positive
Stopping the Spread:Monitoring and Detection
• Monitoring– Netting, electrofishing, ballast sampling, tagging– eDNA tests above and below barrier
Positive eDNA Detections above barriers
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Barrier Effect
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Stopping the Spread:Electrical Barriers
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Barrier IIA:- Activated @ 1 Volt/in, 5 hz,
4 ms in APR 2009- Increased to 2 Volt/in, 15
hz, 6.5 ms in AUG 2009- Maintenance shutdown
completed Dec 2009
Barrier I (Demonstration):
₋ In continuous operation since 2002
- 1 volt/in, 5 hz, 4 ms
- Rehabilitated in Oct 2008
Barrier I (Permanent): - Upgrade to a permanent
barrier authorized- Plan activation by 2013 if
funded
I
IIB
IIA
Other Ongoing Efforts:
- Asian Carp Monitoring
- Research on Optimum Operating Parameters
- Study of Solutions to Potential Barrier Bypasses
Barrier IIB:
₋Site prep completed
₋Building construction contract NTP issued 3 Dec
₋Electronics design ongoing
₋Construction to be completed 30 Sep 2010
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IIA
IIB
To Lake Michigan
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Barrier Status and Funding
• Construction Status– Barrier I activated in 2002– Barrier II A activated in 2009– Barrier II B to be completed in late 2010
• Funding Status– Funding provided in federal budgets– Construction and operations
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Stopping the Spread:Rapid Response
• December 2009, Barrier IIA down for maintenance
• 400+ respondents, XX agencies and organizations
• Results…– Barrier maintenance success– Confirmed presence of Asian carp
in canal
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Strategic Framework: Short-and Long-term Actions
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Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework
• Goal: Prevent establishment of self-sustaining carp populations in the Great Lakes– Integrate and unify future actions of participating agencies,
develop collaborative approach– Transition to multi-tiered defense (beyond barriers)
• Dynamic document based on growing body of knowledge gained from research and monitoring
• Strategy: “…move quickly on proven solutions, and consider, develop, and test potential solutions and employ those that are most sound.”
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Framework:Short-term Actions
• Carp population suppression measures
• Enhanced detection measures– Increased sample collection– eDNA indicator refinement
• Structural operation variations
• Emergency engineering measures
• Expedited biological control assessments
• Enhanced electric barrier operations
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Framework:Long-term Actions
• Efficacy study • Inter-basin feasibility study• Ecological-separation• Modified lock operations• Commercial market
enhancement and ongoing fish population suppression
• Biological controls
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Framework:Funding
• Short-term actions– $38.6 million
• Long-term actions– $39.9 million
• Funding Sources– Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative: $57.4 million– Base Program Funding: $21.1
million
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The Future:Ecological Separation?
• Ecological separation means…– NO interbasin transfer of aquatic organisms– PREVENT the movement; 100% effectiveness
• Ecological separation does not necessarily mean…– Stopping shipping or recreational traffic– Lock closure– More frequent or more severe floods
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• Ecological separation might entail . . .– New infrastructure
o E.g.: Lift lock for recreational vessels, similar to the Big Chute Marine Railway on the Trent Severn Waterway, Ontario
– Chemical/heat barriers– Altered traffic flows (commercial and recreational
navigation)– Changes to hydrology– Different management of stormwater and wastewater– Improved transportation infrastructure– Enhanced infrastructure for tourism– Ecological restoration of waterways
The Future:Ecological Separation?
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• USACE “Feasibility Study”– Corps authorized to investigate “range of options” for
separation– Multi-year study
• Other elements for others:– Investigate the transportation and water management
needs for the region;– Propose new infrastructure needs;– Take into consideration all connections that need to
be severed.
The Future:Ecological Separation?
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Need to know more?
www.asiancarp.org
Want to Comment?Email
carpcomments@gmail.com
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