Letters, Motions, and Petitions

Public Meeting Transcripts

February 12, 2010 - Chicago, IL

February 17, 2010 - Ypsilanti, MI

Motions, Petitions, Testimony

State of Illinois Testimony (House Subcommittee)

State of Illinois Testimony (Senate Subcommittee)

State of Michigan – Motion and Petition to Reopen Wisconsin v. Illinois

State of Michigan – Motion for Preliminary Injunction – Appendix

State of Ohio – Memorandum Supporting Michigan’s Petition to Reopen

State of Minnesota – Brief in Support of Michigan’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction

State of Wisconsin – Response Supporting Michigan’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction

State of New York – Response Supporting Michigan’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Ontario - Response Supporting Michigan's Motion for Preliminary Injunction

State of Illinois – Response Opposing Michigan’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction – Appendix

United States – Memorandum Opposing Michigan’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction - Appendix

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago – Response Opposing Michigan’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction – Appendix

Letters of Support for December 2009 Rapid Response

Council of Lake Committees to Illinois Rapid Response

Great Lakes Fishery Commission to Illinois Rapid Response

International Joint Commission to Illinois Rapid Response

Council of Great Lakes Fishery Agencies to Illinois Rapid Response

Supreme Court Docket

Identification Keys

Identification Keys and Related Materials in PDF

• Asian Carp Identifiaction Key (114 KB)
• Asian Carp Brochure (58 KB)
• Comparison of Black Carp and Grass Carp (1.25 MB)

Files listed above are available in Adobe Acrobat Format (PDF)

Internet Links

• Foreign Nonindigenous Carps and Minnows (Cyprinidae) in the United States - A Guide to their Identification, Distribution, and Biology (offsite link: USGS)
  
  

Information Database

Information Regarding Asian Carp

• Great Lakes Fisheries Commision - Exotic Species: Asian Carp
• USGS: Upper Midwest Env. Sci. Center - Asian Carp Fast Facts
• USGS: Upper Midwest Env. Sci. Center - Asian Carp Invasion of the Upper Mississippi River System
• Pennsylvania Sea Grant - Asian Carp Fact Sheet
• US Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 3 - What are Asian Carp and Why are They a Problem?
• US Fish & Wildlife Service, La Crosse Fisheries Resource Office: Asian Carp
• Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council: Asian Carp
• Illinois Aquatic Nuisance PSecies Program: Asian Carp Information
  

Documents

	Electric Barrier Fact Sheet, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (14 May 2010)
	Applying HACCP Principles to Prevent Spread of Asian Carp Species in Aquatic Shipments
	Asian Carp: Huge Fish with Huge Impacts
	An Examination of the Sensitivity of Bighead Carp and Silver Carp to Antimycin A and Rotenone, (USGS)
	Facts About Bigh Head and Silver Carp, USGS
	Foreign Nonindigenous Carps and Minnows (Cyprinidae) in the United States - A Guide to their Identification, Distribution, and Biology, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5041
	Placing the North American invasion of Asian carp in a spatially explicit context. Adam M. Lohmeyer & James E. Garvey. Biological Invasions
	Reproductive Potential for Triploid Grass and Black Carp, (USGS)
	Snail Control Project: Final Report to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office. Gregory Whitledge and Matt Noatch. Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center, Department of Zoology Southern Illinois University. November 2008.
	Summary of Permit Authority and Prohibited Species by State with Special Emphasis on Asian Carp

Links

• 2006 Symposium Website: The Invasive Asian Carps in North America: A Forum to Understand the Biology and Manage the Problem, August 22-23, 2006, Peoria, IL
• CarpBusters.com: Involving everyday sportsman and like-minded people in the conservation fight by making exotic invasives removal popular, fun and science based.
• www.1836CORA.org: Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority
  
  

State Regulations

Summary of Permit Authority and Prohibited Species by State with Special Emphasis on Asian Carp

Tribal Concerns

 Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Petition