First, it’s important to know that fish are covered in a thin layer of mucus. This slimy coating (it is also called a “slime ...

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

Illinois and Michigan have fought to secure federal funding to prevent Asian Carp from getting into Lake Michigan. On Tuesday ...

More than 10 years ago when Two Rivers Fisheries was launched, Steve Beshear, Andy Beshear's father and then governor, showed up to cut the ribbon in support of Yu's effort. Former governor Matt Bevin ...

Four species of carp were imported from Asia in the 1960s and 1970s to clear algae from Deep South sewage ponds and fish ...

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

The carp were imported from Asia to the southern U.S. in the 1960s ... A single female can produce a million eggs or more, and the fish can grow up to 100 pounds. Scientists believe the invaders ...

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 ...