How Asian carp got here The carp were imported from Asia to the southern U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s to control algae blooms in aquaculture facilities, farm ponds and sewage lagoons.

Norbert “Norbie” Samok, a tournament angler from Westchester County, New York, officially set a new Connecticut state record when he hauled in a 58.05-pound, 44.8-inch common carp from Lake ...