Invasive carp threaten Lake Michigan. What happens if they get there?

As invasive carp threaten to move closer to the Great Lakes, experts are raising concerns about what could happen if they ...

Invasive carp not too distant threat to Great Lakes

Invasive carp present a huge threat to the Great Lakes ecosystem and tourism economy, which remains for now distant from County. Work recently resumed on the Brandon Road project in ...
FOX 7 Austin on MSN

Thousands of grass carp released into Lake Austin to control hydrilla

The city is working to stop the rapid spread of hydrilla in Lake Austin.
Michigan State University

Tagged grass carp unknowingly betray their species

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.
Phys.org

Study says grass carp have invaded three of the 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 ...
Houston Chronicle

Grass carp keep hydrilla in check, but can kill vegetation

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 ...
thetimesherald

If you catch a grass carp, don't throw it back

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 ...
The Roanoke Times

As grass carp die off at Smith Mt. Lake, some question if more should be added

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 ...
Seattle Times

Evidence of invasive grass carp signals threat to Lake Erie

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Researchers have fresh evidence that invasive grass carp are swimming and spawning near the mouth of a river that flows into Lake Erie. Their next step is figuring out how to stop ...
Orlando Sentinel

Grass carp — the natural solution to clear weeds from lakes

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 ...
Cleveland.com

Going after grass carp in Lake Erie now, before it’s too late

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 ...
Phys.org

Tagged grass carp unknowingly betray their species

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.