The prevention of the Asian Carp in the United States has been long standing battle. While first introduced as a food-fish and now for sport, Asian Carp is now viewed as an invasive species. In the summer of 2007 the U.S. Department of the Interior invoked the Lacey Act. In 2012, Congress implemented the “Stop Invasive Species Act”. This act charges the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to increase the speed of their strategies of controlling the invasion. Urgency is required due to the fact that the invasion is moving faster than the prevention of it. By the time barriers are put up, Asian Carp have passed them. Today there are a few viable options that go beyond building dams or cutting off bodies of water completely. Sometimes, especially
