Prevention and Control Committee

The goal of the Prevention and Control Committee (PCC) is to coordinate and collaborate on AIS prevention and control priorities within the Mississippi River Basin.

Committee Charge:

This committee is charged with assessing and developing effective strategies and tools for preventing the introduction and spread of AIS as well as to control and manage existing populations within the Mississippi River Basin. This committee is mainly targeted at resource managers but relies upon the expertise of a wide range of interests, including private interests, to ensure that prevention and control strategies are acceptable and feasible.

For more information on this committee, please see the Original Committee Charge.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Prioritize AIS introduced within the Basin for prevention, containment, and control.
• Facilitate development and implementation of rapid response plans for invasions.
• Identify integrated pest management for priority AIS within the Basin.
• Facilitate early detection and monitoring for AIS within the Basin.
• Provide information and recommendations to ANS Task Force and MRBP Members.
• Support actions to prevent new introductions of AIS in the MRBP.
• Recommend improvements to state and federal AIS regulations.
• Identify important pathways and prevention measures for AIS.

Recent Accomplishments:

• The PCC surveyed members and updated a compilation of state regulations on each invasive carp species to aid in interjurisdictional invasive carp management efforts.
• The PCC surveyed members and compiled a list of priority invasive pathogens that have the potential to be spread through the bait pathway. 
• The PCC surveyed members and compiled a spreadsheet of state regulated invasive species that are also on the federal injurious wildlife list to inform the revision of the MRBP’s Most Troublesome AIS List and to contribute to conversations regarding the Lacey Act. 
• The PCC examined State ANS Plans within the MRBP and compared the plans’ priority species lists in preparation for revising the MRBP’s Most Troublesome AIS List (2003). 

Learn more by viewing the MRBP Resources and Funded Research Projects.