A.26. SUMMARY OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT IN MISSOURI 
A.26.1. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN 
Missouri’s Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Management Plan was published in August 
2005 (see Appendix B, State Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan Summaries for a 
general description of the Plan). 
A.26.2. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 
• Invasive Species Program, Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), Fisheries 
Program. The program provides public information, and officials are currently enacting 
the 2005 aquatic invasive species (AIS) Plan. In addition, regulations have been enacted 
recently that prohibit the use of live bighead and silver carp as bait, create a prohibited 
species list, and require registration for all sellers of live fish or crayfish as bait. The 
program is also in the process of developing regulations related to invasive species 
management (not yet approved). 
• Protect Our Waters Project, MDC, Resource Science Division. This project, outlined 
in the Missouri AIS Plan, involves joint work among inter-agency experts on invasive 
species. 
• Alternate use of redear sunilsh for control of snails in aquaculture, MDC, Resource 
Science Division. The Division is evaluating the use of redear sunfish, as a substitute for 
Asian black carp, to control snails in aquaculture ponds. 
• Asian carp heuristic modeling, MDC, Resource Science Division and University of 
New Orleans. The project is evaluating a modeling technique to predict the expansion of 
Asian carp in the Middle Mississippi River system and associated tributary streams. 
• Reeds Canarygrass Management, MDC, Resource Science Division. The Division is 
evaluating control of Reeds Canarygrass in wetlands that uses a combination of 
mechanical and herbicide treatments. 
• Statewide Crayfish Conservation and Management Program, MDC, Resource 
Science Division. This program has several components: (1) Systematic Monitoring 
Project —monitors invasions and seeks to set up a long-term monitoring project; (2) 
Consulting —encourages the public to use native species for sale food, or bait, advocates 
for the addition of the Australian and Rusty Crayfish to the prohibited species list, and 
works with law enforcement officers to track invasive crayfish, particularly their 
transport to and from other states; (3) Stream resource management— researches inter¬ 
species breeding, competition for resources, takeovers of breeding grounds, etc.; (4) 
Education —produces videos, brochures, and articles and gives presentations to school 
groups; (5) Working with the bait industry— built a database of every bait shop in the 
state (about 400 shops) and found that 90 of these sell crayfish, working on a brochure 
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