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The Redneck Fishing Tournament is an annual carp fishing event held on a channel of the Illinois River near the community of Bath, Illinois.The event is typically held during the first weekend in August [1] and is specifically intended to decrease the population of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), a prolific species of Asian carp, in the river. [2]
Asian carp is an informal grouping of several species of cyprinid freshwater fishes native to Eurasia, commonly referring to the four East Asian species silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp (a.k.a. white amur) and black carp (a.k.a. black amur), [note 1] which were introduced to North America during the 1970s and now regarded as invasive in the United States.
The four dominant fish species known in the United States as Asian carp are introduced invasive species.They all cause harm within their new environments. Specifically, the four most well-known species of invasive Asian carp are black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), and bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis).
Like a slow-motion, underwater cattle drive, wildlife officials in a half-dozen aluminum boats used pulses of electricity and sound on a recent gray morning to herd schools of Asian carp toward ...
Despite having a taste similar to wild-caught salmon and a name change, the commercial fish market is slow to adopt invasive Asian carp. Inside the Illinois Department of Natural Resources ...
The state of Illinois' response to the Asian carp threat has involved everything from electric barriers in rivers, to removal by commercial fishermen, to investments in creating new markets for ...
July 10–13: 4th Carp Women & 1st Carp u22 World Championships in Balote lake; July 27–28: 43rd Coarse Angling Clubs World Championships in Brežice; August 9–10: Coarse Angling 28th u15, 37th u20 & 16th u25 World Championships in Bela Crkva; August 24–25: 30th Coarse Angling Woman World Championships in Penacova
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