Over 38-thousand pounds of invasive carp removed from Grand River

Over 38-thousand pounds of invasive carp were removed from a river in northern Missouri. 

It was part of the Missouri Department of Conservation’s removal project that happened in the Grand River in September in north-central Missouri’s Brunswick. 

The project improved available river habitat for native fish and provided information for how commercial operations might be used to remove the invasive species in the future. Invasive carp can reproduce and grow quickly, which takes up resources that native fish need to survive. 

The native species that were caught were counted and released back into the river for data tracking. 

A commercial fishing business will market the fish caught during this operation for various forms of fishing bait.