| 25,000 Pounds of Invasive Carp Taken in Missouri’s Grand River | |
| By Bob McNally |
Source: sportfishingmag |
10/6/2022 |
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Credit: MO Conservation |
Netting and electrofishing in mid-September allowed state personnel to eliminate tons of invasive carp from the lower eight miles of the Grand River.
The success of a recent alien carp removal project on a major Missouri River has the state fisheries department and federal authorities energized that similar invasive fish captures can be made in other waters. |
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Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) used nets and electrofishing equipment Sept. 12-16 to remove almost 25,000 pounds of non-native carp from the lower eight miles of the Grand River, the MDC reported in a department statement.
The Grand flows over 225 miles from Iowa to where it enters the Missouri River near Brunswick, Mo. |
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