A commercial fisherman working on the Illinois River near Morris netted one of the largest bighead carp ever recorded on June 14. The giant carp weighed 109 pounds, according to the Illinois River ...

A commercial fisherman scouring the backwaters of the Illinois River last week may have caught more than he bargained for when a massive bighead carp lodged itself in his net. What's more surprising, ...

Maine's largest carp, a 16.3-pounder caught in 2014, showcases the invasive species' surprising resilience in colder waters.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- While plenty of marine scientists are tracking the ocean's sea creatures, Alfredo Girón-Nava is tracking the vessels working to harvest them: the commercial fishing industry.

If there was any doubt invasive carp are making their way into Minnesota's waterways in larger and larger numbers, a development on the Mississippi River near Winona Monday makes it painfully clear it ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When most people in Three Forks look at the westernmost community pond, they see a sad hole full ...

As a brand, Asian carp have two big problems: The name strikes many as both racially insensitive and decidedly unpalatable — a trash fish. How about some “copi” instead? In a marketing event Wednesday ...

The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) was established by Proclamation 8336 of January 6, 2009 (Establishment of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument), and then ...