An angler from the UK caught a “proper lump” of a common carp on a recent trip to Hungary. Weighing 105.4 pounds, the obscenely fat carp stands to break a world record, according to the managers of ...

Picture the Czech idyll. It’s the evening of 24 December, and one’s immediate family are sitting down to the Christmas Eve meal, the highlight of the festive season. In the days beforehand, you would ...

There are renewed calls to move forward with plans to unleash the carp herpes virus, as floodwaters create ideal spawning conditions for the pest in western NSW. Huge numbers of carp are spawning in ...

The ongoing drought in Australia is having at least one positive spin-off -- fewer carp are being distributed through inland waterways. Biologists are now identifying carp 'hot spots.' Known as the ...

Fishing for the largest minnow species in the Commonwealth is a sure fire way to create an angler for life. Sadly, this species of fish is mostly spoken about as a trash fish, a junk fish, a fish not ...

In the United States, carp are mostly considered “trash fish.” These non-native bottom feeders were introduced to our country centuries ago and have adapted and thrived so well that they exist in ...

One of the most prevalent invasive pest species in Australia could have its population slashed by a herpes virus if it is approved for release. More than 100 years later after its release, scientists ...

Officials in Australia released a report last month with a plan to use cyprinid herpes virus 3 as a means of biological control of rapidly increasing populations of European carp. So, what is cyprinid ...

A HERPES virus designed for a mass kill of the River Murray’s European carp could also destroy the livelihoods of SA fishers. Under a $15 million plan backed by Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, ...

Carp is hugely popular in Hungary and Poland, where its eaten on Christmas eve Carp, a river fish favoured by anglers but rarely gourmets, has become a surprise hit on supermarket fish counters due to ...

A coalition of conservationists, recreational fishers and farmers want Australia’s state and federal governments to get rid of European carp, or “Australia’s worst freshwater pest”, by releasing ...