Farmers use triploid grass carp as biological weed control in irrigation ponds, providing years of vegetation management ...

A commercial fisherman working on the Illinois River near Morris netted one of the largest bighead carp ever recorded on June 14. The giant carp weighed 109 pounds, according to the Illinois River ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- While plenty of marine scientists are tracking the ocean's sea creatures, Alfredo Girón-Nava is tracking the vessels working to harvest them: the commercial fishing industry.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When most people in Three Forks look at the westernmost community pond, they see a sad hole full ...

State Rep. Monty Fritts, of Kingston, held an education session for people to learn more about the impact of invasive carp.

HAVANA, Ill. (AP) -- If you can't beat 'em -- catch 'em and sell 'em. That is what a central Illinois company, with an assist from the state, is thinking about doing in the ongoing battle with the ...

As a brand, Asian carp have two big problems: The name strikes many as both racially insensitive and decidedly unpalatable — a trash fish. How about some “copi” instead? In a marketing event Wednesday ...

A commercial fisherman scouring the backwaters of the Illinois River last week may have caught more than he bargained for when a massive bighead carp lodged itself in his net. What's more surprising, ...

Carp are far more sensitive to vibration than most anglers realise. Heavy footsteps, clattering banksticks or a badly timed ...

Provo Mayor and Utah Lake Authority Chair Michelle Kaufusi set an ambitious goal Thursday: eliminate carp from Utah Lake in time for the 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. “Yes, you heard me,” ...

The Minnesota DNR says 83 invasive carp were pulled from the Mississippi River near Winona in mid-February, just the latest event in an ongoing effort to control the population of the destructive and ...

If there was any doubt invasive carp are making their way into Minnesota's waterways in larger and larger numbers, a development on the Mississippi River near Winona Monday makes it painfully clear it ...