Various species of Asian carp were brought to the southern U.S. in the 1970s as a way to help clean algae and control algal blooms in aquaculture ponds and wastewater treatment plants.

Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem. To stop them, ... The only question is who’ll be on the hook for cleaning it up.

Today we're fishing for carp with the brand new Catch-A-Carp bait pockets! We're on the shore of the Lower Niagara River and ...

BY THE end of 2018, one of Australia’s most populous, water-dwelling pests could be on its way out of our river systems for good ...

Pictures taken by John Cork-Gorringe on Murray Point beach in South Australia. Thousands of dead fish, many of which are freshwater carp, have washed up on the seashore.

Illinois wants to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp, but a toxic mess stands in the way The state plans to build a barrier to keep out the carp, but first it has to deal with the legacy ...

In a special report, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin examines how federal cuts could impact invasive species monitoring on Lake Michigan.

Multiple species of invasive Asian carp could wreck the Great ... the southern United States in the 1970s to help aquaculture and wastewater treatment facilities to keep retention pods clean, ...

Carp-aggedon to clean rivers. BY THE end of 2018, one of Australia’s most populous, water-dwelling pests could be on its way out of our river systems for good ...

They are thought to have escaped from aquaculture operations in the South in the 1970s, where they were imported to clean ponds. Asian carp are generally considered better eating than common carp ...

Most of the fish in the piles are common carp, he said. The invasive species of fish were intentionally introduced as game fish in the 1880s, according to the DNR’s website .

Invasive carp first entered Illinois waterways in the 1990s. The “popcorn machine” effect happens as Illinois River Biological Station biologists engage in boat electrofishing, a sampling ...