View of Lake Michigan: Asian Carp in the Cal-Sag
via [ TreeHugger ] “Was it Worth It? One Asian Carp Found After Six Miles of River Poisoned in Illinois”
An emergency operation to stop invasive Asian Carp from reaching the Great Lakes used more than 2,000 gallons of rotenone to poison six miles of a canal near Chicago this week. Tens of thousands of fish were killed. Just one Asian carp, the target of the poisoning, was found. An esitmated 100 tons of dead fish will be taken to a landfill.
via [ AP ]
image via the Journal Sentinel
LOCKPORT, Ill. — An Obama administration adviser says a decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a shipping lock in a bid to stop the Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan.
Cameron Davis is the Great Lakes adviser to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He tells The Associated Press on Friday that discussions are under way about closing the O’Brien Lock while crews poison part of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
The goal is to ensure the voracious carp don’t get into Lake Michigan and devastate the $7 billion-a-year Great Lakes fishing industry.
On Thursday, officials said they’d found one Asian carp during a fish-kill operation on another part of the canal. DNA tests have indicated the fish might be even closer to the lock.
