Officials ask families not to throw pet goldfish in natural waterways
From Good Morning America.
People dumped their pets into lakes, officials say. Now football-size goldfish are taking over.
From The Washington Post.
Corn, conveyer belts and virus show promise in removing invasive carp from Minnesota waters
From the Star Tribune.
Podcast: Hear Carp Solutions Assistant Manager Jenna Barlow explain new carp management techniques
Carp Solutions’ Jenna Barlow was featured on The 4 Outdoorsmen Podcast.
Training carp with bait to affect selective removal from Parley Lake
Watch this Minnesota Bound segment about removing common carp from Parley Lake.
Benton Lake Restoration
City of Cologne, Benton Lake Conservancy, Carp Solutions, & Carver County Water Management Organization
Fish Cannons, Koi Herpes and Other Tools to Combat Invasive Carp
We are part of the electric guidance system experiment covered in this story about removing carp during spawning migrations. Our role is to help with designing and implementing large-scale carp removal capacities. Carp Solutions was responsible for carp removal for part of this project.
‘The potential application is huge’
Minnesota is watching as the Rice Creek Watershed District tests a new way to remove carp. Designed to improve water quality in Long Lake, the techniques used here could be applied throughout the state where carp migrate to spawn.
Crews removing thousands of invasive carp from Lake Minnetonka headwaters
Friday marked the first day of a multiweek effort to remove common carp from the lakes that drain to Lake Minnetonka. It’s the latest chapter in the state’s mounting battle to halt the growth of invasive species, which destroy water quality and habitat and can have a significant impact on business and recreation.
Photos: Common carp are being removed from Minn. lakes by the truckload
On Stieger Lake in Victoria, Minn. — the headwaters of Lake Minnetonka — four workers in hip waders spent Friday morning tossing nearly 2,000 pounds of common carp from nets to a boat to the back of a pickup truck. The fish have become a nuisance in some lakes because they’re so good at moving around and destroying the habitats of more desirable fish species.
Carp removal project kicks off at Lake Minnetonka headwaters
The carp management plan is based on data from a three-year study by the University of Minnesota’s Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center. The researchers found an unprecedented number of common carp in the Six Mile Creek system, including Lake Minnetonka’s Halsted Bay. They also identified where the carp are spawning and determined their migration patterns. The findings helped shape a management strategy that includes removing adult carp, installing carp barriers, and aerating lakes to ensure the winter survival of bluegill sunfish (which feed on carp eggs).
10-Year Plan Begins To Rid Lake Minnetonka Of Carp
If you want better fishing in Lake Minnetonka, there’s one fish that’s not welcome. It’s the common carp. Halsted Bay, in the far southwest corner of Lake Minnetonka, is being devastated by carp. According to research done by the University of Minnesota’s Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center, an estimated 60,000 common carp infest its waters.
2,000 lbs of invasive carp removed as part of 10-year plan for Lake Minnetonka headwaters
Friday marked the beginning of the first round of carp removals in the area, starting with Steiger Lake, according to officials with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. Common carp can damage the lakes by uprooting plants, which stirs up the lake bottoms leading to algae blooms.
Thousands of Invasive Carp to Be Removed From Lake Minnetonka Headwaters
A years-long effort to remove invasive carp from the headwaters of Lake Minnetonka began Friday, when fisherman pulled up the first nets set on Steiger Lake in Victoria.
When you mention invasive carp, people nowadays probably think of bighead and silver carp — those flying fish we’re trying to keep out of Minnesota waters.
But the common carp that’s already here is an invasive species, too, and an undesirable one at that. It destroys aquatic plants and stirs up sediment, degrading water quality. Researchers in the north metro area are learning more about these fish as they try to come up with new ways to manage them.
