Detroit Free Press: Asian carp may have breached barrier for lake

[marmar]

Asian carp may have breached barrier for lake

BY TINA LAM
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER


Great Lakes advocates said today they’ve been told that DNA evidence of one species of Asian carp has been detected above the electric barrier intended to keep the fish out of Lake Michigan.

The DNA was detected in a channel that splits off the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal below Chicago, and leads to Lake Michigan, known as the Cal-Sag channel.

“That is what we understand,” said Jennifer Nalbone, director of Great Lakes United’s campaign against invasive species.

DNA testing of water samples near the electric barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal taken beyond the barrier and Lake Michigan on Sept. 23 and Oct. 1 shows the presence of Asian carp about 1 mile south of the O’Brien Lock, about 8 miles from Lake Michigan, the Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies said today.

Previously, DNA of Asian carp has been found a mile below the barrier. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.freep.com/article/20091120/NEWS06/91120025/1318/Asian-carp-may-have-breached-barrier-for-lake

[damntexdem]

1. Obviously a case of carp'll tunnel symdrome.

;-)

[marmar]

2. Someone has started happy hour early....

:P :beer:

[pansypoo53219]

3. another fuck up by the corpse of engineers. shoulda

undone what thy did years ago. now FIX THIS BEFORE IT GETS IN!

[malakai2]

4. They'll spend years in court

Saying they have their mandate is to maintain navigation, flood control, and sanitation structures, not to keep injurious wildlife out of this lake or that lake. The corps, like most other agencies, tends to fight like hell when it comes to protecting their mandate.

Meanwhile, if the water in the lakes is warm and fertile enough for the carp to survive and reproduce, the issue will become academic.