2003/06/19 by John H. Chick, Robert J. Maher, Brooks M. Burr +1 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior #Biology #Carp #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Fish Biology and Ecology Studies #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Fishery #Zoology
paper · doi:10.1126/science.300.5627.1876
openalex publication_date 2003/06/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
On 26 March 2003, a commercial fisher captured the first black carp Mylopharyngodon piceus in the wild within the United States (see figure). James Beasley of Grafton, Illinois, captured the 783-mm, 5.8-kg specimen while fishing with trammel nets in Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County, Illinois.