Tag: Carp

Sustainable Dining and Commercial Fishing: The answer to invasive Asian Carp?

1/30/2024 - By Carli Stewart. A professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Mark Morgan, has spent over a decade researching Asian carp, an invasive species to the United States. Also known as silver carp, the fish was introduced to the U.S. in the 1970s to help with water purification in catfish ponds.… SEE MORE

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Combating Invasive Species

7/22/2022 - By Norm Schultz. The formation of an industry commission to confront the spread of aquatic invasives brings front and center a threat to boating and fishing that for years has been addressed by a patchwork of federal and state initiatives. The new commission, under the leadership of National Marine Manufacturers… SEE MORE

Michigan and Illinois to Curtail Invasive Carp

1/13/2021 - By Joseph Healy. The governors of Illinois and Michigan will work jointly to protect the Great Lakes from Asian carp. The cooperative effort is focused on the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in the Chicago Area Waterway System near Joliet, Ill., a critical point for keeping bighead, silver and black… SEE MORE