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Asian Carp Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2019 March 2019 Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Contributing Members: Illinois Department of Natural Resources U.S Department of Commerce - National Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Indiana Department of Natural Resources U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Michigan Department of Natural Resources Resources Conservation Service Michigan Office of the Great Lakes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Minnesota Department of Natural Resources U.S. Coast Guard New York Department of Environmental U.S. Department of Transportation/Maritime Conservation Administration Ohio Department of Natural Resources U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pennsylvania Department of Environmental U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Protection U.S. Geological Survey Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission National Park Service Fisheries and Oceans Canada Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources City of Chicago Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Great Lakes Fishery Commission Québec Ministère de la Forêt, de la Faune et des Great Lakes Commission Parcs Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 2019 Asian Carp Action Plan FY 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... ES-1 1.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 About This Strategy ......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose of this Strategy.................................................................................................... 4 1.3 The Role of the ACRCC .................................................................................................. 4 1.4 Mission of the ACRCC .................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Background on Asian Carp .............................................................................................. 6 2.0 Monitoring and Response Workgroup Efforts ............................................................. 15 2.1 MRWG Strategic Vision ................................................................................................ 15 2.1.1 Short-Term (5-year) MRWG Strategic Vision: 2018 – 2022 ................................. 16 2.1.2 Long-Term (5+-year) MRWG Strategic Vision: 2022 and Beyond ....................... 17 2.3 Monitoring and Response Plan ...................................................................................... 17 2.4 Contingency Response Plan ........................................................................................... 18 2.5 Binational Ecological Risk Assessments ....................................................................... 19 3.0 Interagency CAWS Asian Carp Program ..................................................................... 20 3.1. Prevention Actions ......................................................................................................... 20 3.1.1 Operate and Maintain Current Barrier System in the CAWS ................................. 20 3.1.2 Construction of a New Electric Barrier .................................................................. 21 3.1.3 Development of Potential Future Actions at Brandon Road .................................. 21 3.1.4 Closure Actions at Little Killbuck Creek Pathway ................................................. 22 3.1.5 Closure Actions at Ohio-Erie Canal Pathway ......................................................... 22 3.1.6 Barge Entrainment .................................................................................................. 22 3.2 Control Measures ........................................................................................................... 23 3.2.1 Contract Fishing for Asian Carp Detection and Removal ...................................... 23 3.2.2 Asian Carp Enhanced Contract Removal Program Development .......................... 25 3.2.3 Asian Carp Population Model and Demographics.................................................. 26 3.2.4 Mass Removal of Asian Carp ................................................................................. 27 3.3 Technology Development .............................................................................................. 29 3.3.1 Use of Acoustic Deterrents ..................................................................................... 30 3.3.2 Carbon Dioxide ....................................................................................................... 31 3.3.3 Microparticles ......................................................................................................... 32 3.4 Early Detection, Monitoring, and Assessment ............................................................... 32 3.4.1 Monitoring Upstream and Downstream of the Dispersal Barrier ........................... 33 i 2019 Asian Carp Action Plan FY 2019 3.4.2 Distribution and Movement of Small Asian Carp in the Illinois Waterway ........... 34 3.4.3 Comprehensive Interagency eDNA Monitoring Program ..................................... 34 3.4.4 Asian Carp Stock Assessment in the Upper Illinois River ..................................... 35 3.4.5 Great Lakes Monitoring .......................................................................................... 36 3.4.6 Ecosystem Risk Assessments ................................................................................. 36 3.5 Response Actions ........................................................................................................... 37 3.6 Black and Grass Carp Monitoring, Assessment, and Control ........................................ 37 3.6.1 Addressing the Threat of Black Carp ...................................................................... 38 3.6.2 Addressing the Threat of Grass Carp ...................................................................... 39 3.7 Communication/Education/Stakeholder Engagement .................................................... 40 3.8 ACCRC Partnership Operations..................................................................................... 40 4.0 Collaborative Actions within the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River Basins ............. 41 5.0 Canadian Asian Carp Control Efforts ........................................................................... 44 5.1 Fisheries and Oceans Canada ......................................................................................... 44 5.1.1 Targeted Traditional Gear for Early Warning Surveillance ................................... 44 5.1.2 Response ................................................................................................................. 44 5.1.3 Research Activities ................................................................................................. 46 5.1.4 Ecological Risk Assessment for Grass Carp ........................................................... 47 5.1.5 Socio-Economic Risk Assessment for Grass Carp ................................................. 47 5.1.6 Research to Inform Ecological Risk Assessment for Black Carp ........................... 48 5.1.7 Ecological Risk Assessment for Black Carp .......................................................... 48 5.1.8 Outreach and Education .......................................................................................... 48 5.1.9 Enforcement ............................................................................................................ 50 5.2 Ontario ............................................................................................................................ 50 5.2.1 Surveillance and Monitoring................................................................................... 50 5.2.2 eDNA Research ...................................................................................................... 50 5.2.3 Asian Carp Response Plan ...................................................................................... 51 5.2.4 Outreach Activities ................................................................................................. 51 5.2.5 Regulations ............................................................................................................. 51 5.3 QUÉBEC ........................................................................................................................ 52 5.3.1 Asian Carp Status in Québec .................................................................................. 52 5.3.2 Regulation ............................................................................................................... 53 5.3.3 Surveillance Activities ............................................................................................ 53 5.3.4 Outreach .................................................................................................................. 54 5.3.5 Research on Persistence and Spread of eDNA in Natural Systems ........................ 54 ii 2019 Asian Carp Action Plan FY 2019 5.3.6 Analysis on Risk of Spread in Inland Waters ......................................................... 55 5.3.7 Actions Planned for 2019........................................................................................ 55 List of Figures Figure 1 ACRCC Organizational
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