Asian Carp

The invasive fish species known as Asian carp now goes by “copi,” in an effort to get more of them out of Midwestern waterways and onto the dinner table.

Federal and Missouri state wildlife officials have successfully used a new technique to remove the majority of Asian carp from Creve Coeur Lake in St.…

State and federal wildlife officials plan to pull out all the stops this month to eliminate Asian carp from Creve Coeur Lake in St. Louis County. The…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 21, 2013 - WASHINGTON – For Mayor Jo Anne Smiley of Clarksville, Mo., clean water is key, given…

When the French explorer Père Marquette traveled down the Illinois River in 1673, his journal tells of encounters with “monstrous fish” so large they…

The issue of keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes has implications for a variety of industries. Midwest officials are weighing a range of options,…

Earlier this spring the Obama administration ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to speed up a five-year study of options to block invasive Asian…

Updated 5:04 p.m. with more details.The tiny riverfront community of Grafton, Ill. has announced plans to build a plant to process Asian carp culled from…

Reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Luke Runyon used in this report.Asian carp - the invasive fish that's plagued Illinois rivers and is threatening…