Carp make up 80 to 90% of the biomass of everything in here. And these fish thrive in low oxygen ... get over a certain amount per hectare, they eat their food out. And before you know it ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wants a commitment from the Trump administration that federal funds earmarked for invasive carp ...

outcompeting native fish and disrupting food chains. Carp are voracious eaters that can eat nearly half their body weight every day. Bighead and silver carp are the biggest threat to the Great ...

Anticipating a lack of federal funding under the new presidential administration, Illinois has postponed construction in a ...

Asian carp, which was imported into the United States in the 1970s to clean algae in commercial ponds, spilled into the freshwater system and flourished. It thrived so well that some of the fish would ...

It thrived so well that some of the fish would jump into boats. The carp also have crowded out native species and upset the ecological balance. Americans don't eat Asian carp because the flesh is ...