black carp

Jeffrey Herod, with the Aquatic Nuisance Species Coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR), said the fish have been plaguing area waterways for decades after being brought into the area to control algae in wastewater treatment facilities.

An invasive carp species with human-like molars is threatening Kentucky’s endangered freshwater mussels.Last week, officials with Kentucky’s Department of…