CLEVELAND, Ohio – When a commercial fisherman pulled four grass carp out of the lower Sandusky River 10 years ago, biologists who monitor Lake Erie became suspicious. It was not unusual to find an ...

Like other experts, the Candlewood Lake Authority suspects grass carp are at least in part to blame for the lack of vegetation in Candlewood Lake. Now, the organization is ramping up future monitoring ...

Silver carp jump in the Fox River in Illinois. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service via Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee) Midwestern states are spending millions every year to ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Some species of invasive carp found in South Dakota, which include Silver Carp, Grass Carp and Bighead Carp, can grow up to 90 lbs. While this is the maximum for Bighead ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — You’re in the mood for fish and your server suggests a dish of invasive carp. Ugh, you might say. But how about broiled copi, fresh from the Mississippi River? Here’s the catch: ...

Midwestern states are spending millions every year to prevent a giant, goggle-eyed fish from invading rivers and lakes. But the Asian carp has firmly established a home in the Mississippi River basin, ...

Another round of sterile grass carp will be released into Smith Mountain Lake next year to combat invasive weeds such as hydrilla. Board members unanimously approved the purchase of the fish during ...

The South Carolina Aquatic Plant Management Council has adopted a plan to add 16,580 more sterile grass carp to lakes Marion and Moultrie this year. The non-native fish species was introduced 35 years ...

Chesterfield officials plan to deploy a second round of sterile, grass-eating carp to the Swift Creek Reservoir today in the county’s ongoing fight against the invasive aquatic weed hydrilla. “It’s ...

Scientist Jim Lamer holds an invasive silver carp on the Illinois River. (Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco/WNIJ-Northern Public Radio) Buy Photo Midwestern states are ...