CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois fisheries biologists have searched the lagoon where an angler caught a 38-pound Asian bighead carp June 5 and say it appears the feared invader was alone.

Asian Carp. Photo by Kate.gardiner, via Openverse Asian carp compete aggressively with native fish species for food resources. As filter feeders, bighead and silver carp consume massive amounts of ...

The term “invasive carp” is shorthand for four species native to China: bighead, black, grass, and silver carp. They were introduced to fish farms in the Southern United States in the 1970s to ...

Catfish farmers used bighead and silver carp, two of the four Asian carp species, to clear algae from ponds in the 1970s. But when those bodies flooded, the fish infiltrated the Mississippi River ...

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Scientists are employing creative measures, too, such as using unmanned kayaks to gather data at the Emiquon Nature Preserve so fishermen can target over 150,000 silver, bighead and common carp ...

Bighead carp, a prominent species in the aquaculture industry, is highly susceptible to rapid deterioration due to its high protein and moisture content. Microbial growth accelerates post-mortem, ...

Four species – bighead, silver, black, and grass carp – can exceed 4 feet and 100 pounds, outcompeting native fish and disrupting food chains.

Scientists are employing creative measures, too, such as using unmanned kayaks to gather data at the Emiquon Nature Preserve so fishermen can target over 150,000 silver, bighead and common carp ...

Four species – bighead, silver, black, and grass carp – can exceed 4 feet and 100 pounds, outcompeting native fish and disrupting food chains.

Four species – bighead, silver, black, and grass carp – can exceed 4 feet and 100 pounds, outcompeting native fish and disrupting food chains.