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, ...

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Carp jump out the Cumberland River at the Barkley Dam during an electrofishing demonstration by Kentucky and Tennessee wildlife officials on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 in ...

Fishing for carp on our rivers offers far greater challenges than their stillwater counterparts do. The populations of river carp are often very small and very nomadic, and with miles upon miles of ...

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is strengthening efforts to curb invasive carp populations in Kentucky ...

There may come a day on the Illinois River when a fish swims up a chute, slides through a scanner, and, after being recognized as a feared silver carp, is sorted and removed, eventually ending up in a ...

The change aims to keep pressure on invasive populations of silver carp, bighead carp, black carp, and grass carp, which ...

Officials say commercial fishers have more incentive to catch and remove invasive carp from Kentucky waters. The Kentucky ...

In a name-your-poison twist, a new study from the University of Illinois adds to the evidence that Chicago-area waterway pollution is slowing the relentless advance of the invasive silver carp.

BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. -- After missing last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Wild Carp Classic fishing tournament is set for May 19-22 on the Seneca River in Onondaga County. The competition, ...

An extremely rare species of carp nicknamed the "Mekong Ghost" that had not been seen for nearly two decades has been unexpectedly documented in Cambodia. The giant salmon carp is one of the world's ...

BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. -- An international carp-fishing tournament featuring anglers from 30 or more countries will be held in 2022 along the Seneca River and Onondaga Lake, a spokesman from the U.S.

Sport fish have declined significantly in portions of the Upper Mississippi River infested with Asian carp, adding evidence to fears about the invader’s threat to native species, according to a new ...