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A new seek-and-destroy strategy involves putting transmitters in captured carp and sending them back into the Great Lakes in hopes of finding where they breed.

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost im...

Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp. Over the last five years, agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have employed a new seek-and-destroy strategy that uses turncoat carp to lead

Armed with the traitor carp's location, agency workers and commercial anglers can head to that spot, drop their nets and remove multiple fish from the ecosystem

State and federal wildlife agencies have developed a new weapon to slow down invasive carp across the Great Lakes region: traitor fish

Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp. Over the last five years, agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have employed a new seek-and-destroy strategy that uses turncoat carp to lead them to the fish's hotspot hideouts. Floating receivers send real-time notifications when a tagged carp swims past.

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Wildlife authorities around the Great Lakes region are actively seeking individuals for a challenging mission: To prevent the proliferation of invasive...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp. Over the last five years, agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have employed a new seek-and-destroy strategy that […]

Agency workers turn carp into double agents by capturing them, implanting transmitters and tossing them back. Carp often clump in schools, so many can be caught at once.