Asian carp population

Description:The five bodies of water that make up The Great Lakes is the largest source of accessible freshwater in the world. These species of carp cause harm when they are introduced to new environments. Generation of maps of vegetated areas using satellite data combined with on-the-water verification of submerged vegetation provides both assessment of where Grass Carp habitat is for targeted removal and a means to assess the damage they cause. The corps also has the authority to eliminate and prevent the spread of the carp using fish toxicants, commercial fishing and netting, and harvesting. Distribution of Asian carp. Army Corps of Engineers completed an electric fish barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal , the only navigable aquatic link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River drainage basins.

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