These algae-eating carp can be purchased through suppliers that travel throughout the area on a regular basis. Contact your local co-op to get a schedule.

Four species of the fish — grass carp, black carp, bighead carp and silver carp — were brought to the United States in the 1970s to feed on algae in aquaculture ponds.

Asian carp were introduced to the United States in the early '70s to control algae in catfish farms in the South. Floods washed them into the Mississippi River in the 1980s.

“Silver carp eat algae and that’s the very base level of the food chain, so that can cause some competition with native fish for food,” Loppnow said.

Andrew Johnson nets a bigmouth carp from the pond in Jack B. Tomlinson Park in Arvada, Colo. on Monday, June 3, 2024. The fish were introduced for a 1992 study to test their algae removal ...

The fish – grass carp, black carp, bighead carp and silver carp – were brought to the United States in the 1970s to feed on algae in aquaculture ponds.

The carp were imported to the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s to help rid southern aquaculture farms of algae, weeds and parasites.

May 27—Common carp have large bronze-gold scales, barbels on each side of their mouths and serrated fins down their spines. According to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, they can grow up to ...

The 40-pound monster fish were removed from Arvada's Jack B Tomlinson Park on Wednesday after officials deemed them 'prolific eaters' and a 'nuisance species'.

But the Asian carp has firmly established a home in the Mississippi River basin, and experts say they are here to stay. Now, researchers are hoping that creating new markets for the invasive fish ...