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Asian Carp Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2021 March 2021 Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Contributing Members: U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Illinois Department of Natural Resources Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Resources Conservation Service Indiana Department of Natural Resources U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Coast Guard Michigan Department of Natural Resources Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes U.S. Department of Transportation/Maritime Administration & Energy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Minnesota Department of Natural Resources U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New York Department of Environmental U.S. Geological Survey Conservation National Park Service Ohio Department of Natural Resources Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pennsylvania Department of Environmental City of Chicago Protection Great Lakes Fishery Commission Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Great Lakes Commission Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Greater Chicago Québec Ministère de la Forêt, de la Faune et des Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Parcs Indians U.S Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Asian Carp Action Plan FY 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... E-1 SUMMARY OF FY 2021 ACTIONS ....................................................................................... S-1 1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 About This Strategy ......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose of this Strategy.................................................................................................... 2 1.3 The Role of the ACRCC .................................................................................................. 3 1.3.1 Monitoring and Response Group .................................................................................. 5 1.3.2 Communication Work Group ....................................................................................... 5 1.3.3 Technical and Policy Work Group ............................................................................... 6 1.4 Mission of the ACRCC .................................................................................................... 7 1.5 Background on Asian Carp .............................................................................................. 7 2.0 Monitoring and Response Work Group Efforts .......................................................... 14 2.1 MRWG Strategic Vision ................................................................................................ 15 2.1.1 Short-Term (5-year) MRWG Strategic Vision: 2018 – 2022 ..................................... 15 2.1.2 Long-Term (5+-year) MRWG Strategic Vision: 2022 and Beyond ........................... 16 2.2 Monitoring and Response Plan ...................................................................................... 16 2.3 Multiple Agency Monitoring of the Illinois River for Decision Making ....................... 17 2.4 Contingency Response Plan ........................................................................................... 18 3.0 Interagency Asian Carp Management .......................................................................... 21 3.1 Prevention Actions ......................................................................................................... 21 3.1.1 Operate and Maintain Current Barrier System in the CAWS ..................................... 21 3.1.2 Completion and Operation of Third Permanent Electric Barrier in the CSSC ........... 22 3.1.3 Design of Potential Future Actions at Brandon Road Lock and Dam ........................ 22 3.1.4 Closure Actions at Little Killbuck Creek Pathway ..................................................... 22 3.1.5 Ohio & Erie Canal Pathway Project Completion ....................................................... 22 3.1.6 Alternate Pathway Surveillance in Illinois – Law Enforcement .................................. 23 3.2 Control Measures ........................................................................................................... 23 3.2.1 Contract Fishing for Asian Carp Detection and Removal .......................................... 24 3.2.2 Asian Carp Enhanced Contract Removal Program Development .............................. 25 3.2.3 Asian Carp Population Model and Demographics...................................................... 25 Table of Contents i Asian Carp Action Plan FY 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Section Page 3.3 Technology Development .............................................................................................. 26 3.3.1 Use of Acoustic Deterrents ......................................................................................... 27 3.3.2 Carbon Dioxide ........................................................................................................... 28 3.3.3 Microparticles ............................................................................................................. 29 3.3.4 Barge Entrainment ...................................................................................................... 29 3.4 Early Detection, Monitoring, and Evaluation ................................................................ 30 3.4.1 Monitoring Upstream and Downstream of the Dispersal Barrier ............................... 30 3.4.2 Distribution and Movement of Small Asian Carp in the IWW .................................. 31 3.4.3 Comprehensive Interagency eDNA Monitoring Program ......................................... 32 3.4.4 Asian Carp Stock Assessment in the Upper Illinois River ......................................... 32 3.4.5 Great Lakes Monitoring .............................................................................................. 33 3.4.6 Binational Ecosystem Risk Assessments .................................................................... 33 3.5 Response Actions ........................................................................................................... 35 3.6 Black Carp and Grass Carp Monitoring, Assessment, and Control ............................... 35 3.6.1 Addressing the Threat of Black Carp.......................................................................... 36 3.6.2 Addressing the Threat of Grass Carp .......................................................................... 38 3.7 Communication/Education/Stakeholder Engagement .................................................... 41 4.0 Collaborative Actions within the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins .......... 43 5.0 Canadian Asian Carp Prevention and Early Warning Efforts .................................. 46 5.1 Fisheries and Oceans Canada ......................................................................................... 46 5.1.1 Targeted Traditional Gear for Early Warning Surveillance ....................................... 46 5.1.2 Response ..................................................................................................................... 47 5.1.3 Research Activities ..................................................................................................... 48 5.1.4 Ecological Risk Assessment for Grass Carp ............................................................... 50 5.1.5 Research to Inform Ecological Risk Assessment for Black Carp............................... 51 5.1.6 Ecological Risk Assessment for Black Carp .............................................................. 51 5.1.7 Outreach and Education .............................................................................................. 51 5.1.8 Enforcement ................................................................................................................ 53 Table of Contents ii Asian Carp Action Plan FY 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Section Page 5.2 Ontario ............................................................................................................................ 54 5.2.1 Surveillance and Monitoring....................................................................................... 54 5.2.2 eDNA Research .......................................................................................................... 54 5.2.3 Asian Carp Response Plan .......................................................................................... 55 5.2.4 Outreach Activities ..................................................................................................... 55 5.2.5 Regulations ................................................................................................................. 56 5.2.6 Enforcement ................................................................................................................ 56 5.3 Québec ............................................................................................................................ 57 5.3.1 Asian Carp Status in Québec ...................................................................................... 57 5.3.2 Regulation ..................................................................................................................