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 ...

A fisherman’s “crazy” discovery in an Aussie river has exposed a $50 million invasive species threat. A New South Wales-based angler was fishing along Piles Creek Loop on the Central Coast when he ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE species I’ll be glad to see the back of is the European carp. It isn’t a fish, it’s a turd that grew gills and learned to swim. Choosing exactly which of God’s creatures get to share this planet ...

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 ...

Australia is to wage biological warfare on foreign carp by infecting the fish with a virus based on herpes. The £8m scheme will kill an estimated 95 per cent of European Carp over the next three ...

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 ...

Australia plans to release the herpes virus into its main river system to kill millions of carp despite concerns that the so-called “carpageddon” could fill the waterways with rotting fish. The plan ...