Posted November 20th, 2009 in Aquatic Invasive Species, News
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The decade-old battle to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes might be over.
New research shows the fish likely have made it past the $9 million electric fish barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a source familiar with the situation told the Journal Sentinel late Thursday.
The barrier is considered the last chance to stop the super-sized fish that can upend entire ecosystems, and recent environmental DNA tests showed that the carp had advanced to within a mile of the barrier. Read more.
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