The city of Austin's Watershed Protection Department announced Friday the release of 1,955 sterile grass carp into Lake ...

The city says hydrilla has taken over much of Lake Austin. The invasive plant can benefit fish and improve water quality, but ...

Want to know what carp eat? Believe it or not, carp have one of the most diverse palates of all freshwater fishing swimming in the United States. They’re herbivores, and while they dine on a massive ...

The invasive Canadian pondweed has been threatening native plants as well as harming recreation by clogging up motorboat engines that recreate in the freshwater lake. Joshua Brainerd is the executive ...

Farmers use triploid grass carp as biological weed control in irrigation ponds, providing years of vegetation management ...

When Candlewood Lake was stocked with grass carp a few years ago, the voracious eaters were seen as offering a solution to the invasive aquatic weeds. But now, the fish are seen as partly to blame for ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A controversial plan to release grass carp in Lake Austin to fight hydrilla is drawing backlash from local fishermen. On July 14, the City of Austin announced plans to release 350 ...

New evidence proves for the first time what has long been feared: the invasive Asian carp species has reproduced in bodies of water that feed into the Great Lakes, posing a new threat to waterways ...