Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push
TODD RICHMOND Associated Press
Updated
If climate change is left unchecked, the Lower Wisconsin and more than half a dozen other rivers could become breeding grounds for invasive carp within a generation.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Invasive Carp Field Lead Kayla Stampfle inspects the components of a telemetry receiver that tracks tagged invasive carp in the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis. on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. The solar-powered receiver can transmit real-time notifications of the movements of tagged invasive carp. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Technician James Stone works to remove a floating solar-powered telemetry receiver from the Mississippi River backwaters near La Crosse, Wis. on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. Multiple wildlife agencies have begun using the receivers to track tagged invasive carp in real time to learn the fish's movement patterns and launch capture operations. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
FILE - In this June 13, 2012 file photo, invasive carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill. State and federal wildlife agencies have developed a new weapon to slow down invasive carp across the Great Lakes region: traitor fish. Over the last five years, agencies have worked to capture invasive carp in Lake Erie, the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, and implant them with transmitters. Floating receivers powered by the sun send real-time notifications when a tagged carp swims past. (AP Photo/John Flesher, file)
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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Invasive Carp Field Lead Kayla Stampfle inspects the components of a telemetry receiver that tracks tagged invasive carp in the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis. on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. The solar-powered receiver can transmit real-time notifications of the movements of tagged invasive carp. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Technician James Stone works to remove a floating solar-powered telemetry receiver from the Mississippi River backwaters near La Crosse, Wis. on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. Multiple wildlife agencies have begun using the receivers to track tagged invasive carp in real time to learn the fish's movement patterns and launch capture operations. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
FILE - In this June 13, 2012 file photo, invasive carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill. State and federal wildlife agencies have developed a new weapon to slow down invasive carp across the Great Lakes region: traitor fish. Over the last five years, agencies have worked to capture invasive carp in Lake Erie, the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, and implant them with transmitters. Floating receivers powered by the sun send real-time notifications when a tagged carp swims past. (AP Photo/John Flesher, file)
