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 definitely are, ...

Silver carp jump in the Fox River in Illinois. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service via Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee) Midwestern states are spending millions every year to ...

Scientists working to protect the waters of South Dakota from invasive species are calling for people to help out by catching and eating invasive carp—"America's most unwanted fish." Once established ...

LANSING, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has released new Eat Safe Fish guidelines for rainbow smelt and carp from seven different lakes across the state.

MISSOURI, USA — An "environmental ticking timebomb" threatens the Mississippi River and Missouri's waterways. A new kids' book offers a potentially simple and effective solution. Carp were introduced ...

Silver carp jump in the Fox River in Illinois. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee) Credit: Ryan Hagerty / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

ST. LOUIS — Cod, catfish and shrimp will find their way to St. Louisans' plates as fish fry season officially kicks off on Feb. 14. However, a fish not often offered on menus is becoming a larger ...

On Thursday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services released a new Eat Safe Fish guidelines. The updated guidelines recommend limiting the consumption of certain locally caught smelt and ...

While some say the campaign will help remove invasive carp, others are skeptical. In the 1960s and 70s, Asian carp were introduced to the southern U.S. to control algal blooms. A series of unfortunate ...

THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR AGO. IN ANDERSON COUNTY, INVASIVE WEEDS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN BROADWAY LAKE, NOW, SOUTH CAROLINA DNR IS ADDING 450 WEED EATING CARP TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. TODAY AT MULDROW PARK, ...

Scientist Jim Lamer holds an invasive silver carp on the Illinois River. (Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco/WNIJ-Northern Public Radio) Buy Photo Midwestern states are ...