Americans can be picky about their fish, and if you ask a typical seafood lover if you can eat carp, you might get a puzzled look in return. This isn’t because carp aren’t edible. They ...

Carp, introduced to Missouri from Asia in the late 1800s, pose a severe threat to aquatic ecosystems throughout the state and nation, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.The fish ...

With all the phytoplankton going to satiate silver carp bellies, less goes to the other plankton-eating fish. Silver carp particularly represent a huge threat to the fisheries in the Great Lakes.

Bighead carp eat species of zooplankton and silver carp consume phytoplankton, meaning that they compete with many native fish for resources, ...

But as Asian carp, many people wouldn’t choose to eat it. According to a survey as part of the renaming effort, 85% of respondents have heard of Asian carp, but only 5% have ever eaten it.

And for more than a millennium, they've been doing it by eating this fish, the Asian carp. Although I don't think they call it Asian carp in China. That would be like us calling it "the United ...

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 ...

If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em. Jim Harris of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission shares the story of a Johnson County fisherman turning invasive carp into sandwiches, burgers and nachos.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services this week issued a notice to avoid eating carp from Thompson Lake in Howell. According to a press release issued Thursday, people should avoid ...