Press release from the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee announcing the cancellation of the planned Sept. 7th through Sept. 11th waterway restrictions in the vicinity of the electric fish barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

ACRCC press release announcing that vessel restrictions on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in the vicinity of the electric fish barrier set to begin September 7, 2010 have been delayed.

Press release from the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee announcing an October 4-8 waterway closure for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

CLEVELAND -- The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC) announced today that one Bighead Asian carp has been found in Lake Calumet along the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS). This is the first physical specimen that has been found in the CAWS above the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Electric Barrier System.

CLICK HERE for the full release from the RCC.

CLEVELAND -- A fisheries Biologist with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources holds a Bighead carp caught in Lake Calumet. The fish was caught during routine sampling efforts by the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee on June 22, 2010.

Courtesy: Illinois Department of Natural Resources

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CLEVELAND -- The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC) will update members of the media on recent and ongoing activities to control Asian carp within the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) and answer questions from the media, June 23, 2010 from 3-3:45 p.m., Central Standard Time..

CLICK HERE for the full media advisory from the RCC.

CLEVELAND -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has conducted two studies focused on enhancing the efficacy of the electric barrier system and reducing the risk of Asian carp reaching the Great Lakes. For the full release regarding results of the study CLICK HERE.

CLEVELAND - For the official release from the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee's conclusion of the fish sampling operation on Little Calumet River, Ill., CLICK HERE.

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CHICAGO, IL - A five-mile section of the Little Calumet River in South Chicago is now closed to all traffic for a period of four to six days as sampling efforts for Asian carp get underway. The closure is necessary for biologists to safely and effectively apply the fish toxicant Rotenone to a more than two-mile stretch of the waterway at T.J. O’Brien Lock and Dam as a part of ongoing Asian carp sampling efforts by the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC).

Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committtee Announces Three-Month Monitoring and Sampling Plan

CLEVELAND - On behalf of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, the Ninth Coast Guard District has provided the link to the committee's announcement release.

CLICK HERE for the release.

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