Ill Asian Carp?

Anyone else see the article about shutting locks down and poisoning a Missi pool in Ill to kill Asian carp? Sounds like they need to do maint on the electric fence and plan to poison with rotenone (sp)? Can’t find the article now

It is most certainly NOT a Mississippi River Pool.

The plans are to apply rotenone in a segment of the cal-Sag sanitary/ship canal. Here’s a piece of the relevant story:

Federal and state officials are preparing an unprecedented fish kill this week along 5.7 miles of the Sanitary and Ship Canal near Romeoville.

The dumping of the toxin Rotenone, a potent fish killer, is intended to forestall the advance of Asian carp as the U.S. Corps of Engineers temporarily shuts down an electric barrier in the canal for maintenance.

The barrier has long been regarded as “the last line of defense” between the fast-spawning carp and the Great Lakes. But even that has been called into question with the recent discovery of carp DNA above the barrier, adding a particularly adversarial cast to Wednesday’s showdown between man and invasive fish.

Known for their voracious appetite and prolific breeding, Asian carp have eaten their way up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers over 15 years. In the summer, researchers discovered the fish were 10 miles closer to Lake Michigan than previously thought, prompting an emergency plan to clean out the canal, which links the two vast water systems.

Poisoning the canal has been considered a last-ditch solution to preventing spead of the carp into the Great Lakes, where the fish are seen as a threat to the region’s $4.5 billion sport fishing industry.

Thanks for clarifying Jason! Does the poison kill all fish?

Czech You can go to a web site- – – iloutdoornews.com and here is an article about poisoning the canal.
gary

interesting read

Just got this, and read it, pretty good article

There was even mention on the radio tonight of closing off the river over there from the great lakes.

Yeah, I’m thinking we’ve got some problems if they get up here

Thanks guys. I still like the idea of carp skeet if all else fails, guess we’ll just have to see.

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Thanks guys. I still like the idea of carp skeet if all else fails, guess we’ll just have to see.

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I’m with you on this one I say all we need to do is get the Bowfishermen, skeet shooters, or anybody that just likes to hunt, down there and they could have at these arieal targets all day long