ASIAN CARP

February 2012: sign the petition to help stop the Asian carp (close to 1,000 signatures and counting) Click here for info and link to the petition...

January 2012: read the Great Lakes United Press Release about the viability of Great Lakes - Mississippi separation. "It is possible"...

Asian carp displace native fish by consuming enormous amount of food required by other aquatic species.

Click here for:

* FOCA's summary of the Carp issue

* what's next (and how you can get involved) including key contacts and additional online references

What can be done?

Write a letter to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Minister of the Environment to request immediate action to stop this invasive fish from entering the Great Lakes. Call on the Prime Minister to request a summit with the Obama administration to ensure that the short term efforts to prevent an invasion do not fail, and to stress that the U.S. must establish permanent ecological separation between the Mississippi and Great Lakes basins.

 *photo credits: Ted Lawrence, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

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