The Obama administration proposed a $78.6 million package of measures designed to stop Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. This invasion threatens the region's $7 billion fishing industry. However, the only sure way to stop the invasion is to sever the link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River Basin, experts, including David Lodge (1999), testified before Congress on Tuesday. The carp, weighing up to 100 pounds, are known to hurl themselves from the water into fishermen, sometimes breaking bones. The proposal comes on the heels of a Supreme Court ruling against Michigan's suit to close the locks and protect its economy and ecology.
The remains of an Asian carp, an invasive species, found in Lake Michigan confirm David Lodge's (1999) research this summer indicating that the fish have gone beyond barriers set up to keep them out. While the fish's numbers have not been confirmed, there is concern that the carp, which can grow to 50 pounds and eat 20% of their weight, will threaten other fish populations. Lodge's latest DNA samples provide evidence of the fish six miles from the lake. Read recent coverage in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
Mark Hixon (1999) is looking for strategies to control lionfish in the Caribbean, an invasive fish that threatens coral reef species and the local economy. Learn more from coverage at 
