Asian Carp Management

NEW: February 2010 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework

2007 Asian Carp Management and Control Plan

AsianCarp.org is an official web site established to coordinate the implementation of control and management of Asian carps in the United States. Development and maintenance of this web site is supported by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service through a partnership with the University of Texas - Arlington and contains information and resources derived from a variety of other partners and sources. Permission is granted for the fair use of documents and other materials contained on this web site for personal, academic, scientific, conservation, and natural resource management purposes. None of the materials contained herein may be used for profit.

Background Information on Asian Carps:

Seven carps native to Asia have been introduced into the United States.

The common usage of the term “Asian carps” in the United States has come to include only the four carps most recently introduced

bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
silver carp (H. molitrix)

Three additional carps native to Asia have been introduced into the Untied States but are not commonly included in the collective term “Asian carps”:

common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
crucian carp (Carassius carassius)

Bighead, black, and grass carps have commercial applications and are in trade in the United States . Silver carp are not presently cultured in the United States , largely because of their jumping habits and poor handling qualities during production, harvest, and transport.

Introductions of Asian carps are combined results of stockings directly by or authorized by various agencies, unauthorized stockings by private individuals, and unintentional escapes from university research facilities, federal and state agency facilities, and private aquaculture operations.

Bighead, grass, and silver carps have all established reproducing populations in the United States.

Six adult black carp collected in the Mississippi River Basin have been verified by biologists. There are several unconfirmed reports of repeated captures of adult black carp in the Mississippi River and its tributaries over the past 13 years (Nico et al. 2005).

Risk assessments that analyze the probability and consequences of establishment of these species in the United States have recently been completed for black carp (Nico et al. 2005) and species of the genus Hypophthalmichthys [i.e., bighead, silver, and largescale silver carps ( H. harmandi ); Kolar et al. 2005].

The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force determined that Asian carps are nuisance species that warrant active control by natural resources management agencies.

An Asian Carp Working Group with broad and diverse representation from partners and stakeholders collaboratively developed a national integrated management and control plan.

An Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee has drafted a Control Strategy Framework to address the current threat of Asian carp in the Illinois waterway.

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Home Regional Coordination ID Keys Image Library Impacts Info Database Links Multimedia Pressroom Outreach Private Aquaculture Tribal Concerns Risk Assessment State Regulations Contacts Comments/Questions: carpcomments@gmail.com Note: Comments recieved on or before March 26, 2010 will be reviewed and considered by the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee within the Strategy Framework. Silver and Largescale Silver Carp Now Listed as Injurious Wildlife Importation and interstate transport of live silver and largescale silver carp will be banned (effective August 9, 2007) under a final rule published in the July 10 Federal Register by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. USFWS News Release Fed. Reg. Announcement Carp Identification Tools Schofield, P.J., J.D. Williams, L.G. Nico, P. Fuller, and M.R. Thomas. Foreign Nonindigenous Carps and Minnows (Cyprinidae) in the United States—A Guide to their Identification, Distribution, and Biology. Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5041. U.S. Geological Survey, Tallahassee, Florida. 103 p.	Welcome to AsianCarp.org	Featured Video: Nuisance Fish by Bill Dance & the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis SilverCarp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Black Carp Mylopharyngodon piceus Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella
	NEW: February 2010 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework Powerpoint \| Full Document 2007 Asian Carp Management and Control Plan Full Document Federal Register Announcement for Asian Carp Control Plan AsianCarp.org is an official web site established to coordinate the implementation of control and management of Asian carps in the United States. Development and maintenance of this web site is supported by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service through a partnership with the University of Texas - Arlington and contains information and resources derived from a variety of other partners and sources. Permission is granted for the fair use of documents and other materials contained on this web site for personal, academic, scientific, conservation, and natural resource management purposes. None of the materials contained herein may be used for profit. Background Information on Asian Carps: Seven carps native to Asia have been introduced into the United States. The common usage of the term “Asian carps” in the United States has come to include only the four carps most recently introduced bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) silver carp (H. molitrix) Three additional carps native to Asia have been introduced into the Untied States but are not commonly included in the collective term “Asian carps”: common carp (Cyprinus carpio) goldfish (Carassius auratus) crucian carp (Carassius carassius) Bighead, black, and grass carps have commercial applications and are in trade in the United States . Silver carp are not presently cultured in the United States , largely because of their jumping habits and poor handling qualities during production, harvest, and transport. Introductions of Asian carps are combined results of stockings directly by or authorized by various agencies, unauthorized stockings by private individuals, and unintentional escapes from university research facilities, federal and state agency facilities, and private aquaculture operations. Bighead, grass, and silver carps have all established reproducing populations in the United States. Six adult black carp collected in the Mississippi River Basin have been verified by biologists. There are several unconfirmed reports of repeated captures of adult black carp in the Mississippi River and its tributaries over the past 13 years (Nico et al. 2005). Risk assessments that analyze the probability and consequences of establishment of these species in the United States have recently been completed for black carp (Nico et al. 2005) and species of the genus Hypophthalmichthys [i.e., bighead, silver, and largescale silver carps ( H. harmandi ); Kolar et al. 2005]. The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force determined that Asian carps are nuisance species that warrant active control by natural resources management agencies. An Asian Carp Working Group with broad and diverse representation from partners and stakeholders collaboratively developed a national integrated management and control plan. An Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee has drafted a Control Strategy Framework to address the current threat of Asian carp in the Illinois waterway.