The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing Kentucky $240k to fight the spread of Asian carp.
The abundant invasive species outcompetes the native fish for food causing an economic distress for local fisheries.
The federal money helps fund state agencies’ efforts in researching and monitoring the fish in the Ohio River as well as control and removal.
Earlier this year, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resourcessaid that it would continue its policy of not regulating Asian carp harvests in hopes of diminishing the species.
Several local businesses specializing in processing Asian Carp have opened within the last few years to take advantage of the abundant population.
Through the same grant, the USFWS is providing $560,000 to six other states within the Ohio River Basin and along the Upper Mississippi River to fight Asian carp.
