Enjoy a Great Lakes horror movie marathon

Sep 18 2012 3 Comments

 

It’s enough Asian carp footage to host a movie marathon.

Recently releaseCarp Watchd high-definition and streaming videos of the invasive species are available for download at the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

Watch massive schools of silver carp flying toward video cameras or a barge moving past the electric invasive species barrier in Romeoville, Ill. They are just two of the multiple choices interested viewers can choose.

With a run time of about 30 seconds, the Asian carp videos are sorted into four sections:

  • The fish in captivity
  • Barriers preventing the fish from entry into the Great Lakes
  •  Chicago waterways the fish could sneak through
  • Asian carp in the wild

It’s the first time such extensive filming of Asian carp has been made available, says the Ohio Outdoor News in a recent story about the footage. Digital Design Services of Green Bay, Wisconsin and the U.S. Coast Guard created the videos for the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee – an organization created to help prevent the fish from entering the Great Lakes.

To see the videos you have to register with the Fishery Commission. After providing an e-mail address and creating a password, the footage is available for viewing and downloading.

 

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3 Comments »

  • Harold said:

    I guess they don’t want many people to see the videos. Strange.

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  • Paul said:

    I got thru and viewed all the videos I wanted. I hope MI allows a new method of fishing, shotgunning for carp, because they would be too hard to hit with arrows.

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  • Scoop said:

    Registration was fast and easy, but some similar videos (esp. of high-flying silvers) are already available on YouTube with a simple search.

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