Category Archives: grass carp

TWDC stocking grass carp in Woodland Waterway

Posted May 2017


Houston: Officials with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have given The Woodlands Development Company the green light to add triploid grass carp to The Woodlands Waterway to help address water quality issues.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/woodlands/news/article/TWDC-stocking-grass-carp-in-Woodland-Waterway-11093833.php

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It’s Fish-Eat-Weed At Taunton Lake

Posted December 2013
About 250 grass carp have been introduced into Taunton Lake in an effort to curb its increasing infestation by aquatic milfoil, a subsurface weed. READ MORE
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Hydrilla Under Control

Posted July 2013
Efforts to eradicate a fast-spreading aquatic weed that threatened to choke the life out of Lake Pinehurst have been so successful that some may not think there is still a threat. “Some said they don’t see it as a problem anymore,” Reedy said. “They think we have won the battle. We can’t be complacent. This is still a credible threat.” READ MORE
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Hydrilla management plan working

Posted June 2013
Six years into waging a battle for Lake Wylie, the weed-eaters are taking it to the scourge. In 2007, Ibach called for hundreds, or even thousands, of weed-eating fish to combat the “menace.” The first load of 500 grass carp was released in May 2008.
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Over 1,500 weed-eating carp introduced to Rainbow Lake

Posted June 2013
This is due to the ever-increasing mat of aquatic weeds choking the lake during the summer months to the point that fishing and boating are all but impossible.
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Community News: Austin releases more carp to fight invasive weed

Posted June 2013
The city of Austin released 9,000 sterile Asian grass carp into Lake Austin at Mary Quinlan Park on Thursday as part of its continued effort to control the rise of the invasive weed hydrilla.
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More carp sought to keep Lake Murray weeds in check

Posted June 2013
Increases in weeds other than hydrilla are “a first sign” that more carp are necessary, the study by aquatic weed expert Steve de Kozlowski says.
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TLAC releases grass carp in war against hydrilla

Posted May 2013
In an effort to combat the aquatic weed hydrilla, 6,000 sterile grass carp were released into Smith Mountain Lake early last week. READ MORE
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Public weed treatment parameters set

Posted May 2013
The Lake Gaston Weed Control Council met Thursday and voted to maintain the current grass carp stocking rate while approving an applicator and chemical provider for the 2013 treatment cycle.
Skips Aquatic Solutions, of Henderson, N.C., was chosen out of two bids as the 2013 applicator for the publicly funded noxious aquatic vegetation treatment in Lake Gaston, replacing PLM Lake and Land Management, which has its Atlantic Division headquarters in Littleton and was the 2012 applicator. READ MORE
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Carp suggested for weed control

Posted March 2013
A North Otago company wants to release grass carp fish in two irrigation canals to control aquatic weeds and algae. READ MORE
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