{"id":15223,"date":"2020-01-11T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T02:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=15223"},"modified":"2020-01-11T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T20:17:21","slug":"tennessee-wildlife-resources-agency-confirms-silver-carp-in-chickamauga-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/01\/11\/tennessee-wildlife-resources-agency-confirms-silver-carp-in-chickamauga-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency confirms Silver Carp in Chickamauga Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46127\" title=\"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - TWRA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tennessee-wildlife-resources-agency.gif\" alt=\"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - TWRA\" width=\"140\" height=\"137\"><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; On January 10th, 2020, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) received a report that a silver carp was captured on Chickamauga Lake in October.<\/p>\n<p>The angler, Dustin Hinkle, said the invasive fish \u201cjumped into the boat as I deployed my trolling motor.\u201d Hinkle encountered the fish near the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, and stated he \u201csaw 15-20 more fish near the surface\u201d exhibiting a feeding behavior.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_478459\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tennessee-Wildlife-Resources-Agency-confirms-Silver-Carp-in-Chickamauga-Lake.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-478459\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-478459\" title=\"Silver Carp has been confirmed by TWRA on Chickamauga Lake.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tennessee-Wildlife-Resources-Agency-confirms-Silver-Carp-in-Chickamauga-Lake-480x345.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Carp has been confirmed by TWRA on Chickamauga Lake.\" width=\"480\" height=\"345\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-478459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silver Carp has been confirmed by TWRA on Chickamauga Lake.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo additional reports have been made since this occurrence.\u201d said Cole Harty, TWRA\u2019s Aquatic Nuisance Species Coordinator. \u201cThis is an excellent reminder to report carp sightings from East Tennessee, where carp are not already known to be established.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We encourage anyone reporting to include photos, location information, and if possible keep a fish frozen to share with TWRA,\u201d states Harty.<\/p>\n<p>Reports can be made by calling the nearest TWRA regional office, or by emailing <a href=\"mailto:ANS.TWRA@tn.gov\">ANS.TWRA@tn.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is likely that these fish traveled up the Tennessee River through navigation locks, ultimately finding their way to Chickamauga Lake.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TWRA has been working with multiple partners to limit the spread and impact of invasive Asian carp in Tennessee,&#8221; said Frank Fiss, TWRA Fisheries Chief. &#8220;This new observation demonstrates the urgency of the issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; On January 10th, 2020, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) received a report that a silver carp was captured on Chickamauga Lake in October. The angler, Dustin Hinkle, said the invasive fish \u201cjumped into the boat as I deployed my trolling motor.\u201d Hinkle encountered the fish near the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[11906,4289,549,284,12622,3385,11904,261,2932,608,973],"class_list":["post-15223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-asian-carp","tag-chickamauga-lake","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-sequoyah-nuclear-plant","tag-sequoyah-power-plant","tag-silver-carp","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-river","tag-tennessee-wildlife-resources-agency","tag-twra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15224,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15223\/revisions\/15224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}