• Asian Carp Management Plan This document is a plan for Michigan to address potential monitoring and assessment needs for Asian carp.
• About Asian Carp Two species of Asian carp that live in the Des Plains River in Illinois are viewed as a potential ecological problem if they gain access to the Great Lakes. The bighead and silver carp eat plankton and grow to large sizes. Fisheries biologists are concerned they will out-compete native species for food and habitat.