What to do if you find an Asian carp

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Photos

Operation Pelican – May 2010 (click to enlarge)

Sampling net deployment Operation Pelican press conerence Fish sorting operations Fish sorting operations
Fish sorting and disposal Fish sorting and disposal Fish sorting and disposal Electro fishing operations
Fish retrieval operations Fish retrieval operations Fish sorting area Operation Pelican staging area
Operation Pelican Congressional visit Operation Pelican Congressional visit Operation Pelican Congressional visit Operation Pelican Congressional visit

December 3rd, 2009 (click to enlarge)


December 2nd, 2009 (Click to enlarge)

Operation Silverstream, Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup

Operation Silverstream, Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup December 2, 2009. Operation Silverstream, Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup December 2, 2009. Operation Silverstream, Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup December 2, 2009. Operation Silverstream, Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup December 2, 2009.
Operation Silverstream, Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup December 2, 2009. Operation Silverstream, Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup December 2, 2009. Operation Silverstream, Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup December 2, 2009.

November 2009 and later (Click to enlarge)

Man holding up Asian Carp USFWS Employee holding Asian Carp Asian Carp jumping into net Asian Carp jumping
Asian Carp jumping Asian Carp jumping Asian Carp jumping Asian Carps jumping
USFWS Emplyee Electric Barrier Sign Electric Barrier Electric Barrier
USFWS Employees with Asian Carp Native Fish

Past Images

Asian Carp Photos (Click on an image to enlarge it)
Images available here are public domain.

Please include photo credit when available.
Bighead Fingerling Bighead Carp Fingerling Black Carp Fingerling Black Carp Fingerling
Grass Carp Fingerling Grass Carp Fingerling Silver Carp Fingerling
Images of FIngerlings above from Yi, B., Z. Liang, Z. Yu, R. Lin, and M. He. 2006. A study of the early development of grass carp, black carp, silver carp and bighead carp of the Yangtze River. Pages 15-51 in D.C.Chapman, editor. Early development of four cyprinids native to the Yangtze River. US Geological Survey Data Series 239.
Bighead Carp Bighead Carp
Boat-load of Asian Carp Black Carp

Photo Credit:
Rob Cosgriff
Illinois Natural History Survey
Black Carp
Photo Credit:
Rob Cosgriff
Illinois Natural History Survey		 Black Carp
Photo Credit:
Rob Cosgriff
Illinois Natural History Survey
Black Carp

Photo Credit:
Rob Cosgriff
Illinois Natural History Survey

 Asian (Bighead) Carp ID card

Enrique Rodriguez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel based on US Fish & Wildlife Information
Juvenile Asian Carp and Gizzard Shad

Photo source: USGS

 Carp Watch Bighead and Silver Carp Watch Identification Graphic

Photo Source:
UIUC/IL-IN Sea Grant
Boat-load of Asian Carp Boat-load of Asian Carp
Bighead Carp Bighead Carp

Photo Credit:
David Riecks
UIUC/IL-IN Sea Grant

 Silver Carp

Photo Credit:
David Riecks
UIUC/IL-IN Sea Grant

Outreach

Illinois – Indiana Sea Grant

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