GRAFTON, Ill. (AP) — An investor said Thursday a planned Asian carp processing plant could fire up early next year, aggressively harvesting the invasive, ecologically threatening species from two of ...

GRAFTON, Ill. (AP) — When they arrive at the processing plant, the fish that have been cursed as a menace to American lakes and rivers are raked onto a conveyer belt, some of them still flopping.

GRAFTON (AP) — The chief executive of a Southern Illinois Asian carp processing plant said the facility has ceased operations ahead of a 30-day deadline to stop emitting rotten odors or shut down.

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) _ A city in central Illinois is deciding whether to conduct a study to determine if there would be a local market for Asian carp. The Pekin City Council will meet Monday to vote on ...

Many central Illinois residents see Asian carp as an invasive species and a hazard to public waterways. But a wholesale and retail fresh water fish processing company sees them as an opportunity, and ...

As a brand, Asian carp have two big problems: The name strikes many as both racially insensitive and decidedly unpalatable — a trash fish. How about some “copi” instead? In a marketing event Wednesday ...

PEORIA — Coming soon, perhaps, to North Peoria: Asian carp on ice. Sounds nice to Brian Colgan. And perhaps to those who want to rid the Illinois River of as many of the invasive fish as possible. A ...

GRAFTON, Ill. (AP) — Investors in a Asian carp processing plant in southern Illinois hope to start operations within a month. 'Everyone is happy, everything is progressing, and we are getting ready to ...

GRAFTON (AP) — The chief executive of an Asian carp-processing plant in Illinois said no decisions have been made involving whether to move the site. The city of Grafton has given the company an ...

When they arrive at the processing plant, the fish that have been cursed as a menace to American lakes and rivers are raked onto a conveyer belt, some of them still flopping. Brought by the boatload ...