05-19-2004, 04:20 AM
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[size 2]Watch Out For[/size][size 2] [/size][size 2]Silver Carp In River Below Gavin’s Point Dam[/size]
[size 2]PIERRE -- Game, Fish and Parks officials are reminding anglers and other water enthusiasts of the presence of silver carp in the Missouri River near Yankton. The silver carp is an aquatic nuisance species that has invaded South Dakota.[/size]
[size 2]The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service verified the presence of silver carp in the Missouri River near Yankton in 2003. The fish was not caught in a net, but actually jumped into the boat while biologists were conducting annual fish monitoring. [/size]
[size 2]"When disturbed by boat motors, silver carp display an unusual habit of jumping out of the water, sometimes landing in the boat or striking passengers," said Game, Fish and Parks Aquatic Ecologist Jeff Shearer of Pierre." A video clip of this jumping habit can be viewed at [/size][font "Arial"][#0000ff][size 2]www.protectyourwaters.net/.[/size][/#0000ff][/font][font "Arial"]
[size 2]Biologists have found that young-of-year silver carp are especially difficult to distinguish from smaller gizzard shad. This finding is especially troubling since gizzard shad are commonly collected as bait. [/size]
[size 2]"We urge anglers who are collecting baitfish from a lake or stream not to transport their bait to other water bodies," Shearer said. "Bait bucket transport is a common method for exotic species to be introduced into new waters."[/size]
[size 2]Similar to bighead carp, silver carp were brought into the United States from Asia and used in the south. These fish escaped into the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries and have spread northward. Currently the black carp is the only Asian carp species in the United States that has not been documented in South Dakota. [/size][/font]
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[size 2]Watch Out For[/size][size 2] [/size][size 2]Silver Carp In River Below Gavin’s Point Dam[/size]
[size 2]PIERRE -- Game, Fish and Parks officials are reminding anglers and other water enthusiasts of the presence of silver carp in the Missouri River near Yankton. The silver carp is an aquatic nuisance species that has invaded South Dakota.[/size]
[size 2]The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service verified the presence of silver carp in the Missouri River near Yankton in 2003. The fish was not caught in a net, but actually jumped into the boat while biologists were conducting annual fish monitoring. [/size]
[size 2]"When disturbed by boat motors, silver carp display an unusual habit of jumping out of the water, sometimes landing in the boat or striking passengers," said Game, Fish and Parks Aquatic Ecologist Jeff Shearer of Pierre." A video clip of this jumping habit can be viewed at [/size][font "Arial"][#0000ff][size 2]www.protectyourwaters.net/.[/size][/#0000ff][/font][font "Arial"]
[size 2]Biologists have found that young-of-year silver carp are especially difficult to distinguish from smaller gizzard shad. This finding is especially troubling since gizzard shad are commonly collected as bait. [/size]
[size 2]"We urge anglers who are collecting baitfish from a lake or stream not to transport their bait to other water bodies," Shearer said. "Bait bucket transport is a common method for exotic species to be introduced into new waters."[/size]
[size 2]Similar to bighead carp, silver carp were brought into the United States from Asia and used in the south. These fish escaped into the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries and have spread northward. Currently the black carp is the only Asian carp species in the United States that has not been documented in South Dakota. [/size][/font]
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