Electric currents, underwater speakers scare up invasive Asian carp in Mississippi River near La Crosse Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
LA CROSSE – A fishing expedition for a highly invasive species of carp is underway in the waters of the Mississippi River.
Armed with underwater speakers, electrofishing technology, large boats and nets, employees from the Wisconsin and Minnesota Departments of Natural Resources are trying to find out how many carp have made their way up the river to La Crosse, and how many of them may be spawning new carp into the environment. © Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Workers from the Wisconsin DNR, Minnesota DNR, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey remove netted fish as part in an intensive invasive carp removal effort Thursday, April 8, 2021, on the Mississippi River in La Crosse. They found only four common carp in the net along with a variety of other species. The goal is to remov
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