LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - Anglers who hook black carp could receive a little green. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Illinois Department of Natural Resources are mapping the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission officials said Thursday that a sweeping invasive species investigation has placed Arkansas anglers in line to pick up some money. AGFC officials ...

Texas became the 27th state to participate in the program after TPWD first announced the bounty in December 2025. The goal is to prevent black carp from becoming established in the Red River Basin, ...

Starting this July, anglers in Arkansas can get paid for the black carp they catch and report to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The new bounty program will pay fishermen $100 for every black ...

In the early 1900s, closer to a time when Kentucky was an unspoiled Eden, jewel-like freshwater mussels paved the beds of the streams and rivers that ran freely throughout the state. So prized were ...

Black carp, such as the one seen collected from a lake in the middle Mississippi River in Alexander County, Ill., are invasive to North America and threaten important native species. U.S. Fish and ...

Southern Illinois University-led research has found an established population of black carp in parts of the Mississippi River basin, according to a Dec. 13 U.S. Geological Survey announcement. The ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Asian carp, an invasive species accidentally introduced into the Mississippi River Basin in the 1970s, have become a significant threat to Arkansas's aquatic ecosystems and ...