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Fears that giant, voracious species of carp will get into the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to rising demands that the government close the waterway connecting the lakes to the Mississippi River — an unprecedented step that could disrupt the movement of millions of tons of iron ore, coal, grain and other goods. Complete Story...
Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
A plan to pull 5 million pounds of unwanted carp from a Utah lake each year — one of the largest such attempts in the country — got initial backing Thursday from a federal wildlife agency.
The Senate voted Thursday to provide $6 million for continuing efforts to thwart the Asian carp from penetrating the Great Lakes in what environmentalists fear would destroy much of the existing wildlife in the world's largest surface freshwater resource.
The most appetizing quarry? Maybe not, but carp will be the catch-of-the-day for Utah commercial fishing crews who've started what's believed to be the nation's most ambitious effort to remove the bottom feeders from a lake.
More than 1 million pounds of carp that were threatening endangered fish have been pulled out of Utah Lake this winter, with most of it going to a farmer's fields and a nearby mink farm.
In a move likely to be popular with tourists and fish alike, Pennsylvania officials will not prohibit feeding bread to the carp at a park in the state's northwest corner.
A Pennsylvania lawmaker is fighting to preserve a tradition of visitors tossing hunks of bread to the carp at a park in the state's northwest corner.
Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.
Carp introduced to Utah Lake by early settlers are confounding current residents looking for ways to get rid of the fish.
Fly Fishing for Carp in Denveri don't see it being the tourism draw that trout fishing in the rockies is for the state of colorado, but carp fishing among denver's urban fly fishing population is a growing sport. why carp? it's pretty simple: access.
Robo-carp cleans up the seasRobot fish developed by British scientists are to be released into the sea off north Spain to detect pollution.
We watched 2 documentaries and a 5 minute video by Ditsi Carolino about the struggle for genuine agrarian reform by our farmers.
Fish with human faces spotted in South Korea The "humanoid" carp are attracting attention in the town of Chongju in the centre of the country where they live in a small pond.
Tradition of Feeding Fish to End The 70-year tradition of feeding bread to the carp at the Linesville, PA Pymatuning State Park will end in January. Visitors will instead have to purchase food pellets.
Seize the carp from Lake WingraCarpe diem, or "seize the day" in Latin, was turned into "seize the carp" Tuesday as commercial fishers and Department of Natural Resources staff hauled seine nets of the unwanted species out of Lake Wingra, a key step in a project trying to restore clarity to the lake water and …
China Using Fish to Eat Pollution, Then Selling the FishChina looks to be solving an environmental disaster by moving the toxins up the food chain into its residents. Let's hope that they won't be exporting the carp that will be gobbling up Lake Chao's pollution problem.
Algae-munching fish clean up Chinese lakeBEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities are using algae-munching fish to clean up one of the country's most polluted lakes -- and after their diet of toxins they will be sold on to consumers, state media said Thursday.
How to Handle an Invasive Species? Eat ItSummary: Mauve stingers, venomous glow-in-the-dark plankton native to the Mediterranean, stung the 120,000 fish in Northern Ireland's only salmon farm to death.
How to Handle an Invasive Species? Eat It LATE last year, a flotilla of fluorescent jellyfish covering 10 square miles of ocean was borne by the tide into a small bay on the Irish Sea.
Fish Take on Human Problems by Getting DrunkSome people are said to drink like a fish, but in a recent event here it was the fish that were getting their fill of alcohol.
Carp heavier than John Prescott smashes world recordThe world record for the biggest carp ever caught has been smashed after a fish was landed weighing almost 20 stone - heavier than John Prescott.
Imams put fatwa on carp caught in TigrisFor centuries Iraqi fishermen have plied the waters of the Tigris, netting giant freshwater fish and preparing them for the traditional masgouf dinner, served on Baghdad's palm-fringed river banks.
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