MUSKEGON HEIGHTS — Brenda Coleman is dedicated to helping feed the hungry, but the idea of serving Asian carp — the invasive fish environmentalists fear could invade the Great Lakes — doesn't whet her ...

In late July, a team of researchers set out on the Mississippi River near La Crosse to lay a new kind of trap for invasive carp. The researchers hope it will prove to be another tool to fight the ...

Okay, I know that most folks out there have very sound opinions of certain fish species. Their minds are made up and we are not likely to convince them otherwise. But to me, some aspects of fishing ...

Growing up, I was fascinated (and horrified) by stories of invasive species. As a kid who wanted to be a marine biologist, the lionfish invasion off the Florida coast was heartbreaking. I couldn’t ...

In the United States, carp are mostly considered “trash fish.” These non-native bottom feeders were introduced to our country centuries ago and have adapted and thrived so well that they exist in ...

Invasive carp are not yet common so far upriver, and the agencies hope to keep it that way. The floating feeders will dispense food four times a day, then commercial fishers will go out to the feeders ...