S.C.R. No. 9 Summary

• Urges the President of the United States and Congress to take all necessary actions to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes, including Lake Erie.

• Identifies Asian carp as an invasive species found in the Illinois River that poses a significant threat to the Great Lakes ecosystem due to their large size, rapid reproduction, and consumption of vast amounts of food.

• Notes that the United States Army Corps of Engineers has installed an electric barrier in the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal, but calls for more effective solutions including closure of navigational locks in Chicago's waterways and separation of the Mississippi River Basin from the Great Lakes Basin.

• Emphasizes that the Great Lakes are critical to the region's economy, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in fisheries commerce.

• Requires the Ohio Senate Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the President, Congress, Ohio's Congressional delegation, and Ohio news media.