Mississippi
Invasive black carp established in parts of the Mississippi River basin
Black carp, that are an invasive fish species in North America, are actually recognized to be established within the wild in components of the Mississippi River basin. A brand new examine co-authored by the U.S. Geological Survey is the primary to establish a longtime inhabitants—that means they’re naturally reproducing and dwelling to maturity— of untamed black carp in any location throughout the U.S.
Black carp can develop shortly and attain greater than 3 ft lengthy. They prey on species corresponding to snails and mussels and pose a danger to many already imperiled native mussels on this area. Mussels help ecosystem well being by enhancing water high quality—they filter out micro organism, algae and pollution as they breathe and feed—and supply meals and diet for different species.
Data on the extent of invasion can assist inform federal, state and native businesses as they develop management methods, mitigate results and take into account plans and limitations on the use or transportation of stay black carp.
Black carp, that are native to east Asia, had been first imported to manage snails in fish farms the place fish are bred. Snails are hosts of parasites that may hurt channel catfish, hybrid striped bass and different fish which can be necessary human meals sources and help the regional economic system.
Using black carp in these kind of aquatic environments is regulated and requires permits, and there isn’t a transparent understanding on how black carp escaped these settings.
“Whereas prior research have indicated that wild black carp is likely to be established in components of the Mississippi River basin, that is probably the most complete examine and the primary analysis to offer sturdy proof that they’re current and sustaining on their very own,” mentioned Patrick Kroboth, a analysis fish biologist with the USGS and co-author on the examine.
“This examine finds that within the space examined, wild black carp have naturally reproduced, there are a number of ages current, carp live to maturity and the inhabitants primarily consists of fertile fish which can be able to reproducing,” continued Kroboth. “This implies that the surroundings has appropriate situations for black carp’s complete life cycle.”
The authors of this examine examined black carp that had been captured by the general public or state and federal businesses between Might 2011 and September 2018. The fish had been examined for traits corresponding to measurement, age, the environments by which they’ve lived and whether or not fish had been reproduced within the wild or managed settings.
Black carp had been imported from Asia to the U.S. a number of instances, starting within the Seventies. Some states ban possession of black carp, and importation of black carp into the U.S. has been prohibited since their 2007 itemizing as an injurious species underneath the Lacey Act.
Black carp are one of many 4 main Chinese language aquaculture carps, which additionally contains silver carp, bighead carp and grass carp. These three have already been documented by the USGS and companions as established within the Mississippi River basin. This group of fish was beforehand recognized in america as “Asian carp” and is now known as “invasive carp.”
“When an invasive species turns into established, eradication might be troublesome, nevertheless it can be difficult to gather strong data throughout the onset and early phases when abundance is often low,” mentioned Gregory Whitledge, a professor with the Middle for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences at Southern Illinois College and the lead creator of the examine. “This analysis contains the most important pattern measurement and is probably the most strong evaluation of untamed black carp within the Mississippi River basin, serving to inform these making choices to curtail additional growth.”
The Mississippi River basin covers greater than 1,150,000 sq. miles and contains 32 states and small components of two Canadian provinces. The river originates in northern Minnesota and flows south to Louisiana. Black carp have been noticed in a number of areas, however actual species abundance and distribution isn’t at the moment recognized as a result of there are restricted sampling efforts concentrating on black carp and the likelihood of catching them within the massive rivers they inhabit is low.
The analysis was just lately revealed in Organic Invasions. Along with Southern Illinois College and the USGS, authors embody Missouri State College, the Missouri Division of Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
When a black carp is captured within the wild, it may be reported to the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database. That device compiles data on and can be utilized to trace the standing of different aquatic invasive species as effectively. The USGS is concerned in lots of invasive species tasks throughout the U.S. and its territories. Study extra by visiting the USGS Invasive Species Program web site or the USGS invasive carp web site.
Mississippi
What channel is Mississippi State football vs Missouri on today? Time, TV schedule to watch Week 13 game
Mississippi State football comes off a bye week with a chance to earn a win over nationally-ranked Missouri on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (2-8, 0-6) last played on Nov. 9 in a loss at Tennessee and have two more games against SEC opponents this year.
The Tigers (7-3, 3-3) lost a back-and-forth game at South Carolina last weekend.
Here’s how to watch the Mississippi State football vs. Missouri game today, including time, TV schedule and streaming information:
Mississippi State vs. Missouri will broadcast nationally on SEC Network in Week 13 of the 2024 college football season. Taylor Zarzour and Matt Stinchcomb will call the game from the booth at Davis Wade Stadium, with Alyssa Lang reporting from the sidelines. Streaming options for the game include FUBO, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.
- Date: Saturday, Nov. 23
- Start time: 3:15 p.m. CT
The Mississippi State football vs. Missouri game starts at 3:15 p.m. CT Saturday from Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville.
Clarion Ledger reporter Sam Sklar’s prediction: Missouri 37, Mississippi State 20
The Bulldogs are allowing 41 points per game in SEC play, and it’s difficult to see Missouri not having the same level of success. Expect big days from Burden and/or Wease, plus running back Nate Noel as MSU loses another game by double digits.
Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Friday, Nov. 22
- Odds: Missouri -7.5
- O/U: 61.5 points
- Money line: Missouri -300, Mississippi State +240
- Aug. 31: EKU, W 56-7
- Sept. 7: at Arizona State, L 30-23
- Sept. 14: Toledo, L 41-17
- Sept. 21: Florida, L 45-28
- Sept. 28: at Texas, L 35-13
- Oct. 5: OPEN DATE
- Oct. 12: at Georgia, L 41-31
- Oct. 19: Texas A&M, L 34-24
- Oct. 26: Arkansas, L 58-25
- Nov. 2: UMass, W 45-20
- Nov. 9: at Tennessee, L 33-14
- Nov. 16: OPEN DATE
- Nov. 23: Missouri, 3:15 p.m. on SEC Network
- Nov. 29: at Ole Miss, 2:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN+
Record: 2-8 (0-6 SEC)
- Aug. 29: Murray State, W 51-0
- Sept. 7: Buffalo, W 38-0
- Sept. 14: Boston College, W 27-21
- Sept. 21: Vanderbilt, W 30-27 2OT
- Sept. 28: OPEN DATE
- Oct. 5: at Texas A&M, L 41-10
- Oct. 12: at UMass, W 45-3
- Oct. 19: Auburn, W 21-17
- Oct. 26: at Alabama, L 34-0
- Nov. 2: OPEN DATE
- Nov. 9: Oklahoma, W 30-23
- Nov. 16: at South Carolina, L 34-30
- Nov. 23: at Mississippi State, 4:15 p.m. on SEC Network
- Nov. 30: Arkansas, TBD
Record: 7-3, 3-3 SEC
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Reserve KeShawn Murphy scored 16 points and led a quartet of Mississippi State bench players in double-digit scoring and the Bulldogs beat SMU 84-79 on Friday night.
Reserves RJ Melendez scored 15 points, Riley Kugel 13 and Claudell Harris Jr. 10. Josh Hubbard was the lone Mississippi State (5-0) starter in double figures with 14 points on just 4-for-18 shooting. The Bulldogs’ starters went 10 for 33 from the floor compared to the 18-for-35 effort from the bench.
Cameron Matthews made a layup with 5:13 remaining to break a tie at 66. Murphy made a 3-pointer and Kanye Clary made 1 of 2 free throws and Mississippi State led for the remainder.
Reserve Kario Oquendo scored 13 points for the Mustangs (4-2), Matt Cross, Boopie Miller and Samet Yigitoglu all had 12 points and B.J. Edwards scored 10.
Mississippi State will get almost a full week off before returning to action on Thanksgiving night at the Arizona Tipoff in Tempe. The Bulldogs play their first game of the event against UNLV.
The Mustangs will head to Palm Springs, California, for the Acrisure Holiday Invitational, where they face Cal Baptist on Tuesday.
Find more SMU coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.
Mississippi
Attorneys want the US Supreme Court to say Mississippi’s felony voting ban is cruel and unusual
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft, attorneys say in new court papers.
Most of the people affected are disenfranchised for life because the state provides few options for restoring ballot access.
“Mississippi’s harsh and unforgiving felony disenfranchisement scheme is a national outlier,” attorneys representing some who lost voting rights said in an appeal filed Wednesday. They wrote that states “have consistently moved away from lifetime felony disenfranchisement over the past few decades.”
This case is the second in recent years — and the third since the late 19th century — that asks the Supreme Court to overturn Mississippi’s disenfranchisement for some felonies. The cases use different legal arguments, and the court rejected the most recent attempt in 2023.
The new appeal asks justices to reverse a July ruling from the conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said Mississippi legislators, not the courts, must decide whether to change the laws.
Stripping away voting rights for some crimes is unconstitutional because it is cruel and unusual punishment, the appeal argues. A majority of justices rejected arguments over cruel and unusual punishment in June when they cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places.
Attorneys who sued Mississippi over voting rights say the authors of the state’s 1890 constitution based disenfranchisement on a list of crimes they thought Black people were more likely to commit. A majority of the appeals judges wrote that the Supreme Court in 1974 reaffirmed constitutional law allowing states to disenfranchise felons.
About 38% of Mississippi residents are Black. Nearly 50,000 people were disenfranchised under the state’s felony voting ban between 1994 and 2017. More than 29,000 of them have completed their sentences, and about 58% of that group are Black, according to an expert who analyzed data for plaintiffs challenging the voting ban.
To regain voting rights in Mississippi, a person convicted of a disenfranchising crime must receive a governor’s pardon or win permission from two-thirds of the state House and Senate. In recent years, legislators have restored voting rights for only a few people.
The other recent case that went to the Supreme Court argued that authors of Mississippi’s constitution showed racist intent when they chose which felonies would cause people to lose the right to vote.
In that ruling, justices declined to reconsider a 2022 appeals court decision that said Mississippi remedied the discriminatory intent of the original provisions in the state constitution by later altering the list of disenfranchising crimes.
In 1950, Mississippi dropped burglary from the list. Murder and rape were added in 1968. The Mississippi attorney general issued an opinion in 2009 that expanded the list to 22 crimes, including timber larceny, carjacking, felony-level shoplifting and felony-level writing bad checks.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in a 2023 dissent that Mississippi’s list of disenfranchising crimes was “adopted for an illicit discriminatory purpose.”
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