Minnesota conservation officials are blaming the illegal introduction of nonnative ornamental goldfish for large numbers of dead carp washing up on a lakeshore south of the Minneapolis area.
Officials have announced the first confirmed capture of an Asian bighead carp in the Minnesota River. The Department of Natural Resources says the 25-pound male bighead carp was caught by a commercial angler near New Ulm.
A carp harvest is under way on a Twin Cities area lake. Workers from the University of Minnesota were harvesting common carp from Lake Lucy in Chanhassen on Thursday.