Americans can be picky about their fish, and if you ask a typical seafood lover if you can eat carp, you might get a puzzled look in return. This isn’t because carp aren’t edible. They ...

Carp eat snails that cling to aquatic plants and sucking up small mussels and clams. The problem, however, is that these can be tough foods to get on your hook.

Midwestern states are spending millions every year to prevent a giant, goggle-eyed fish from invading rivers and lakes. But the Asian carp has firmly established a home in the Mississippi River ...

If you're planning to eat your Lake Huron catch, you need to know which species are the safest. Check out Michigan's Eat Safe ...

Bighead carp eat species of zooplankton and silver carp consume phytoplankton, meaning that they compete with many native fish for resources, and established populations of the invaders can ...

Carp, introduced to Missouri from Asia in the late 1800s, pose a severe threat to aquatic ecosystems throughout the state and nation, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.The fish ...

And you definitely can eat carp, but the fish species that are better on the plate are Asian carp, not the common carp most recreational anglers target in local ponds and rivers. The best thing about ...

With all the phytoplankton going to satiate silver carp bellies, less goes to the other plankton-eating fish. Silver carp particularly represent a huge threat to the fisheries in the Great Lakes.

On average, each carp can eat two pounds of vegetation a day. But that’s just a tiny fraction of the rapidly growing weeds in the lake. “The biomass we’ve seen grow in Devil’s Lake, ...

Asian carp, four different species originating from Asia, are widespread in the Mississippi River and surrounding streams. The fish – grass carp, black carp, bighead carp and silver carp ...

With all the phytoplankton going to satiate silver carp bellies, less goes to the other plankton-eating fish. Silver carp particularly represent a huge threat to the fisheries in the Great Lakes.