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The Missouri Department of Conservation is conducting an intensive, short-term removal of invasive carp from the Platte River. The effort is in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a commercial fishing operation.

Carp were initially brought over from Asia years ago to help with water quality issues. But through accidental escapements over time, the carp have built up populations across the Midwest. With no natural predators, over population led to consequences.

According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, a female carp may spawn up to 500,000 eggs at a time.

They are in high enough densities now that they are impacting and showing threats to our populations of native species that they compete directly with for food sources,

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