USGS Invasive Carp Research 2025 Year in Review
This collection features new information products released between October 2024 and September 2025 that provide a scientific foundation for the management of invasive carp in the Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins and support the Presidential Memorandum “Protecting the Great Lakes from Invasive Carp”.
The 2025 USGS Invasive Carp Research Year in Review includes peer-reviewed publications, datasets, and decision-support tools that describe new information on the ecology of bighead, black, grass, and silver carps and advancements in scientific methods, technologies, and statistical modeling to improve the management of these invasive fish in the United States.
The USGS partners with federal and state fisheries managers to prioritize and meet their top science needs. The resources below are relevant to fisheries managers and other decision makers in the Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins and associated tributaries, researchers from a broad range of science disciplines, and others with interest in invasive carp.
In addition to the peer-reviewed publications, datasets, and decision-support tools included in this collection, in 2025 the USGS:
- continued to enhance the Invasive Carp Open Data Hub, where users can discover invasive carp data, tools, and resources;
- released the Riverine Acoustic Fish Telemetry Network, a centralized database for fish acoustic telemetry data throughout the Mississippi River basin and associated tributaries, that includes 1,275 receivers and 12,153 transmitters from tagged fishes, and;
- developed an infographic on the value-added benefits of USGS invasive carp research to demonstrate how USGS research on invasive carp has been applied to other species and ecological challenges.
Research products are organized by invasive carp species and then categorized by (1) species tracking and surveillance, (2) ecology and impact, (3) population modeling and risk assessment, (4) decision science and human dimensions, and (5) management and control.
Big Head and Silver Carps
Grass carp
Black carp
Bighead and Silver Carps
Species Tracking and Surveillance
Environmental DNA (eDNA)
Telemetry
- Telemetry data
Ecology and Impact
Growth and development
Habitat use and movement
Population Modeling and Risk Assessment
Population modeling
Inform risk assessments
Decision Science and Human Dimensions
Toward Integrated Pest Management – Combining Management Tools
Deterrents and Barriers
Placement
Underwater acoustic deterrent systems
Carbon dioxide
Improving Physical Removal
Species Specific Control Tools
Environmental DNA (eDNA)
Telemetry
- Centralized database for fish acoustic telemetry data throughout the Mississippi River Basin and associated tributaries: Riverine Acoustic Fish Telemetry Network
Traditional Methods
Growth and Development
Habitat and Requirements
Inform Risk Assessment
Management and Control
Toward Integrated Pest Management – Combining Management Tools
Deterrents and Barriers
Placement
Improving Physical Removal
Other
Black Carp
Species Tracking and Surveillance
- Centralized database for fish acoustic telemetry data throughout the Mississippi River Basin and associated tributaries: Riverine Acoustic Fish Telemetry Network
Ecology and Impact
Management and Control
Deterrents and Barriers
Improving Physical Removal
To follow our Invasive Carp pages
This collection features new information products released between October 2024 and September 2025 that provide a scientific foundation for the management of invasive carp in the Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins and support the Presidential Memorandum “Protecting the Great Lakes from Invasive Carp”.
The 2025 USGS Invasive Carp Research Year in Review includes peer-reviewed publications, datasets, and decision-support tools that describe new information on the ecology of bighead, black, grass, and silver carps and advancements in scientific methods, technologies, and statistical modeling to improve the management of these invasive fish in the United States.
The USGS partners with federal and state fisheries managers to prioritize and meet their top science needs. The resources below are relevant to fisheries managers and other decision makers in the Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins and associated tributaries, researchers from a broad range of science disciplines, and others with interest in invasive carp.
In addition to the peer-reviewed publications, datasets, and decision-support tools included in this collection, in 2025 the USGS:
- continued to enhance the Invasive Carp Open Data Hub, where users can discover invasive carp data, tools, and resources;
- released the Riverine Acoustic Fish Telemetry Network, a centralized database for fish acoustic telemetry data throughout the Mississippi River basin and associated tributaries, that includes 1,275 receivers and 12,153 transmitters from tagged fishes, and;
- developed an infographic on the value-added benefits of USGS invasive carp research to demonstrate how USGS research on invasive carp has been applied to other species and ecological challenges.
Research products are organized by invasive carp species and then categorized by (1) species tracking and surveillance, (2) ecology and impact, (3) population modeling and risk assessment, (4) decision science and human dimensions, and (5) management and control.
Big Head and Silver Carps
Grass carp
Black carp
Bighead and Silver Carps
Species Tracking and Surveillance
Environmental DNA (eDNA)
Telemetry
- Telemetry data
Ecology and Impact
Growth and development
Habitat use and movement
Population Modeling and Risk Assessment
Population modeling
Inform risk assessments
Decision Science and Human Dimensions
Toward Integrated Pest Management – Combining Management Tools
Deterrents and Barriers
Placement
Underwater acoustic deterrent systems
Carbon dioxide
Improving Physical Removal
Species Specific Control Tools
Environmental DNA (eDNA)
Telemetry
- Centralized database for fish acoustic telemetry data throughout the Mississippi River Basin and associated tributaries: Riverine Acoustic Fish Telemetry Network
Traditional Methods
Growth and Development
Habitat and Requirements
Inform Risk Assessment
Management and Control
Toward Integrated Pest Management – Combining Management Tools
Deterrents and Barriers
Placement
Improving Physical Removal
Other
Black Carp
Species Tracking and Surveillance
- Centralized database for fish acoustic telemetry data throughout the Mississippi River Basin and associated tributaries: Riverine Acoustic Fish Telemetry Network
Ecology and Impact
Management and Control