Invasive fish found in Bull Shoals Lake
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June 17, 2018
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A recent catch in a lake straddling the Missouri and Arkansas border has some fisheries biologists concerned that the invasive fish would disrupt the food chain.
Two fishermen recently caught a 45-pound (20-kilogram) bighead carp while bowfishing on the Missouri side of Bull Shoals Lake, the Springfield News-Leader reported .
Nathan Recktenwald is a fisheries biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation. He identified the bighead carp as a fish that the department doesn't want to find in its reservoirs.
The invasive fish competes with other larval fish that ea...
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