Kentucky wildlife officials are turning invasive carp into a cash crop for motivated anglers.

Silver carp jump in the Fox River in Illinois. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee) Credit: Ryan Hagerty / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

It’s a nightmarish scenario that unfortunately could become real: an invading group of 30-pound fish leaping 10 feet into the air out of the once-calm waters of Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge’s popular ...

Commercial harvest has been one of the most effective tools in suppressing carp populations. Partnering state and federal agencies are removing millions of pounds of invasive carp annually from the ...

The current invasive carp population front on the Illinois River is approximately 47 miles from Lake Michigan.

Officials say commercial fishers have more incentive to catch and remove invasive carp from Kentucky waters. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources says it has increased the commercial ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — Cast your reels with a sigh of relief, fishermen. In a Sept. 6 survey, the US Fish and Wildlife Service detected no evidence of silver carp eDNA in the St. Joseph River, after ...

From old-school nets to unmanned kayaks, biologists and commercial anglers are experimenting with new tools in their arsenal to stem the advance of invasive carp while they await the construction of ...

The new carp plan calls for increased research and monitoring with more commercial netting and potential barriers to slow the invaders' spread. Silver carp jump in the Illinois River when spooked by a ...

OGLESBY, Ill — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says a record amount of invasive silver carp have been pulled from an Illinois River impoundment using seine nets. Between Nov. 27 and Dec.

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, ...