Michigan State University researchers are working with state and federal fishery agencies to help remove invasive grass carp from Lake Erie in a bid to limit its spread to the other Great Lakes.

Invasive grass carp have reached three of the Great Lakes and pose a significant environmental risk there, but time remains to prevent them from getting out of hand, according to a scientific analysis ...

After spotting some gigantic carp in his local park, Iowan Jacob Mackey started learning everything he could about carp ...

The fishing tournament targeted a species seldom, if ever, the focus of such fishing contests: grass carp — aka white amur - a native of Asia and a voracious herbivore that can grow as large as 60 ...

Originally from eastern Asia, the grass carp has been making itself at home in the Great Lakes region. The invasive species has been breeding in tributaries on the west side of Lake Erie, and may be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SIOUX CITY, Iowa — A fish caught in Sioux City over the summer has been named a world record catch. The fish, a grass carp, was ...

Our triploid grass carp must be happy. All the rain we had in December made lake levels rise, submerging stretches of grassy shoreline in shallow water. The carp, which eat only plant matter, have ...

MONETA — The introduction of sterile grass carp helped combat the fast-moving spread of invasive aquatic vegetation at Smith Mountain Lake in 2013. Now, with those original carp dying out, there is ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – When a commercial fisherman pulled four grass carp out of the lower Sandusky River 10 years ago, biologists who monitor Lake Erie became suspicious. It was not unusual to find an ...

Michigan State University researchers are working with state and federal fishery agencies to help remove invasive grass carp from Lake Erie in a bid to limit its spread to the other Great Lakes.