Grass Carp are Illegal to Use as Aquatic Plant Control

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Triploid Grass Carp
Aquatic plants provide habitat for fish and aquatic insects, and provide oxygen to the water when the sun is out. When there is excessive aquatic plant growth, problems arise as those additional plants consume oxygen during the night and on cloudy days. This can drive oxygen levels down, which could be detrimental to the fish.

Grass Carp Consume ALL Vegetation in Smith Mountain Lake

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Aquatic Invasive Plant Hydrilla
In 2013, 6,000 sterile grass carp were introduced into Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, to combat the growth of invasive aquatic vegetation such as hydrilla which has seen a massive growth around the lake. When hydrilla was first discovered at the lake in 2007, a patch of the aquatic weeds were just a few acres in

Big Bass Returning to Caney Lake since Aquatic Vegetation has Returned

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Aquatic Invasive Species Hydrilla
An examination of the Top Ten big bass ever caught in Louisiana reveals that six of the top ten fish were caught in Caney Lake, anchored by the state record 15.97 pound behemoth caught in 1994. A further examination of the top ten, however, reveal that none of these fish have been caught since the

Over 50 Invasive Carp Captured on Mississippi River

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Fishermen Caught Over 40,000 Pounds of Carp
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is conducting an immediate response to the capture of 51 invasive carp on the Mississippi River. The invasive carp were caught by two commercial fishing operators near La Crosse and Trempealeau, Wisconsin, during routine spring netting in March. When the commercial fishing operator operating near La Crosse saw what

Sterile Grass Carp Consume Beneficial Native Plants

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Triploid Grass Carp
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is planning to add 100 artificial and natural structures at 37 sites to provide additional fishing areas for the angling public at the Tuckertown Reservoir.  These fish attractors are intended to help offset the loss of aquatic vegetation in the presence of sterile grass carp. Sterile grass carp are a practical