“We’re trying to control it, but it’s in so many different places.”
Public officials in Missouri and Kansas have resorted to extreme measures to control the spread of invasive carp, patrolling the Lamine River with an electrified dozer trawl that is geared to stun the carp and more than 3,000 feet of net to catch them, Nebraska Public Media reported.
Their efforts were reportedly a success, netting 43,000 pounds of carp in eight days of fishing.
Silver carp, along with several other carp species native to Asia, have become a big problem in United States waterways, outcompeting native mussels and other native fish for resources such as plankton…