Kentucky to employ 'Unified Method' to reduce Asian carp - Entrepreneur Generations

Asian carp are an increasing problem in Western Kentucky waterways like Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, prompting officials to try everything from hunting bounties to selling the catches to China. This week the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Service announced another tactic in the War on Carp: the "Unified Method", which "gathers the Asian Carp in one area by using electronic technology, then the fish are extracted from the water with specialized netting," Garrison Simpson reports for WHAS-TV in Bowling Green.

The method has been fairly successful in removing Asian carp in Missouri and the Illinois River, and allows a large amount of fish to be harvested quickly, Cory Sharber reports for WKMS-FM in Murray.

Ron Brooks, of the KFWS, said the extraction could take place in February or March, and that the carp would then be given to nearby processors for free. "Brooks said the cost of the operation will probably not be known until after it has been completed," Sharber reports.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, who is running for re-election, announced in a press release that the move to use the Unified Method was at his request. Reducing the Asian carp population is the number one issue he wants to accomplish in Western Kentucky in the next few years, the press release said.

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