Asian carp, which was imported into the United States in the 1970s to clean algae in commercial ponds, spilled into the freshwater system and flourished. It thrived so well that some of the fish would ...

A new record was set June 8 for a grass carp in Idaho, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A bow fisher caught a massive, record-breaking fish out of an Idaho river, wildlife officials said.

State officials have rebranded Asian carp as Copi in an effort to get them on the dinner plate. There is also a yearly event called the Redneck Carp Fishing Tournament on the Illinois River.

Multiple species of invasive Asian carp could wreck the Great Lakes. Trump memorandum commits federal government to action, urges states to move ahead.

A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled.

Why the carp would be bad news for the Great Lakes Four species of carp were imported to the U.S. from Asia in the 1960s and 1970s to clear algae from sewage ponds and fish farms in the Deep South.