{"id":312295,"date":"2010-02-12T14:42:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T19:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/?p=11601"},"modified":"2010-02-12T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T19:42:56","slug":"charting-asian-carp%e2%80%99s-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/312295","title":{"rendered":"Charting Asian Carp\u2019s Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four species of Asian carp were first imported into Arkansas in the early 1970s. Since then the voracious, rapidly multiplying fish have migrated northwards, edging ever-closer to the Great Lakes. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

[See post to watch Flash video]<\/p>\n

Video used by special permission of Primitive Entertainment.<\/a><\/em>\n<\/div>\n

Follow the carp from 1973-2010 below.<\/em>
\n <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
——— 1973<\/strong><\/td>\nCarp Enter U.S.
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Bighead, silver and black carp from Taiwan are first introduced into the U.S. by an Arkansas fish farmer looking to use his own stock of grass carp as a weed control agent.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

——— 1974<\/strong><\/td>\nFederal Introduction and Breeding
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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission stocks 380,000 grass Asian carp in state waters, and eventually opens the breeding program to bighead, black, silver carp.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

——— 1979<\/strong><\/td>\nCarp Instead of Chemicals
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Arkansas Game and Fish, working with a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), use silver and bighead carp in sewage treatment experiment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

——— 1980<\/strong><\/td>\nEntering the Wild
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The first batch of silver Asian carp is discovered swimming in the wild.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

——— Early 1990s<\/strong><\/td>\nMigration Begins
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“Two species of Asian carp-the silver and the bighead-escape into the Mississippi River from southern aquaculture facilities in the early 1990s when the facilities were flooded,” the Great Lakes Fishery Commission<\/a> reports.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

——— 2002<\/strong><\/td>\nNear Lake Michigan
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Bighead carp break through the experimental electric barrier between the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

——— Oct. 2006<\/strong><\/td>\n50 Miles Away
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Bighead, silver and Asian carp are found 50 miles downstream<\/a> from Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n

Government and university biologists introduce the giant nutrient-devouring species as replacements of sewage treating and weed-killing chemicals, as well as a potential a new food source.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

——– Jan. 8, 2010<\/strong><\/td>\nCarp Approach, Case to Supreme Court<\/strong><\/p>\n

While carp migrate within a few miles of the Great Lakes, Michigan’s Attorney General Michael Cox files his first lawsuit that demands canal and lock closures between Illinois and Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u201cStopping Asian carp is an economic and environmental necessity for Michigan,\u201d Cox said in a statement. \u201cThe Great Lakes are an irreplaceable resource. Thousands of jobs are at stake and we will not get a second chance once the carp enter Lake Michigan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some officials fear that the $7-billion-a-year sport fishing industry and $16 billion annual spending on recreational boating are at risk.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

——— Feb. 5, 2010<\/strong><\/td>\nFight Returns to Supreme Court
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\nMichigan Attorney General Mike Cox files a new Supreme Court motion to block carp from entering the Great Lakes, claiming that Illinois’ estimates of $190 million in annual damages from lock closures are \u201cseriously exaggerated.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
——— Feb. 7, 2010<\/strong><\/td>\nAsian Carp Protest<\/a> Near Lake Michigan Shore
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\nFishing enthusiasts and state representatives rally in Traverse City against Illinois\u2019 opposition to the closure of Chicago-area locks.<\/p>\n

Michigan Democratic and Republican Web sites are launched, urging the immediate closure of Chicago-area waterways.<\/p>\n

——— Feb. 8, 2010<\/strong><\/td>\nObama Administration Pledges $78.5 Million to Fight<\/a>
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\nMichigan Governor Jennifer Granholm says cash, and a plan for part-time closure of Chicago-area locks, cannot protect the Great Lakes from Asian carp.<\/p>\n

Granholm asks for permanent closure of the locks, while the Obama administration and state of Illinois oppose the move. Parties fail to reach an agreement at a federal summit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the proposal\u2019s primary objectives are not sustainable, and that this is a plan to limit damages \u2014 not solve the problem,\u201d Granholm said.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Sources: Circle of Blue, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel<\/a>, Sentinel Timeline <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four species of Asian carp were first imported into Arkansas in the early 1970s. Since then the voracious, rapidly multiplying fish have migrated northwards, edging ever-closer to the Great Lakes. [See post to watch Flash video] Video used by special permission of Primitive Entertainment. Follow the carp from 1973-2010 below. ——— 1973 Carp Enter U.S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5510,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5510"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}