Save the River Takes on Invasive Carp
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John Peach is the Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper, Executive Director of Save The River, and this week’s guest on Blue Fish Radio. Listen this week as John lays out his...
show moreProposed structural measures to the Brandon Road Lock include an acoustic fish deterrent (noise), an electric dispersal barrier, an engineered channel (rebuilding the floor of the lock), a flushing lock (elongated flushing pool at the head of the lock), and an air bubble curtain. Boat ramps at the upper and lower ends of the locks will be supporting measures. Additional non-structural measures will include the continued use of contract fishermen to harvest Asian carp below the lock, use of pesticide, public education, and continued research on new technologies that could be installed in the lock when proven effective.
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