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This guide was developed for use by UW-Madison faculty, staff, and students to assist in their pursuit of water research. Water is a cross-disciplinary topic so many types of resources are provided in the fields and departments of Agriculture, Biochemistry, Ecology, Food Science, Education, Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering, Environmental Science and more.

This Water Research Guide was created and organized with the help of Jennifer Champoux.

Are Asian Carp heading to the Great Lakes?

There has been alot of news lately about the potential entrance of Asian carp into the Great Lakes. An $18-million electronic barrier used to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal—and ultimately, Lake Michigan—should do its job effectively, particularly now that the voltage has been doubled to two volts per square inch.  But there may be yet another way the fish can end up where they are least wanted. DNA evidence shows that the fish are present in the Des Plaines River, which is in some places only a few yards away from the canal. A heavy January rain over frozen ground may be all that is needed to wash invasive Asian carp from the Des Plaines floodplain into the canal, according to Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Phil Moy. A higher levee could keep the fish from making their escape.

Dr. Moy has a useful list of Questions and Answers on his Web site.

Moy recently appeared on the PBS show Here and Now:

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Breeding Yellow Perch to Meet Consumer Demand

By Carolyn Rumery Betz 

The beer-battered walleye on the menu at Friday night’s fish fry looks tempting, but nothing satisfies like the mild taste and firm flesh of deep-fried yellow perch. But perch served in Wisconsin restaurants may come from Lake Erie or Canada; the only commercial yellow perch fishery on Lake Michigan is limited to Green Bay. Because of a decline in yellow perch natural reproduction between 1988 and 2000, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources imposed a severe limit on yellow perch harvest to allow the fish to recover.

Growing yellow perch in indoor aquaculture facilities may help meet the consumer demand, according to researcher Frederick Goetz, a senior scientist at Milwaukee’s Great Lakes Wisconsin Aquatic Technology and Environmental Research (WATER) Institute. Goetz is using Sea Grant funding to develop fast-growing, disease-resistant perch with good reproductive capacity.

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Water information is found in several libraries on campus. You may find useful resources and expert help at:

Wisconsin's Water Library

Steenbock Library (Agriculture and Life Sciences)

Wendt Library (Engineering)

Chemistry Library