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DFO pledges millions to fight Asian carp over next five years PETERBOROUGH, ON, May 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The invasion of Asian Carp into the Great Lakes would pose a major threat to Ontario's fisheries, so the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) is pleased that the Government of Canada through Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has announced an investment of $17.5 million to help keep this invader from entering the lakes. "The OFAH Invading Species Awareness...

OFAH wants provincial government to resolve privacy and postage issues PETERBOROUGH, ON, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Ontario anglers and hunters who have renewed their Outdoors Card, purchased a game license or entered a game draw through the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) in recent months are familiar with the province's new Licensing Automation Service (LAS). Replacing the outdated paper system is a suite of options including Internet, Telephone Application System (TAS),...

Giant, ravenous Asian carp are soon to roam the Great Lakes, and the region's $7 billion fishing industry has reason to be concerned.Pat Chrysler, who has nearly 40 years of experience as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, has seen the impact that other invasive species have had and is now worried about the effect the huge, ferocious Asian carp could have on the nation's largest bodies of freshwater."It's like introducing piranhas to the Great Lakes," Chrysler told the Associated...

By Bob Frye Henry Veggian took one look at the fish -- with its large scales, bony head, and long, single dorsal fin -- hanging on the wall at Tackle Unlimited in Jefferson Hills and thought he was seeing an alien. It had to have come from Europe, he thought, or perhaps Asia. It certainly couldn't have come from around here. "I thought it had to be an invasive species. I'd never seen anything like it in my life," Veggian said. Truth be told, the fish was pulled from the Monongahela River....

STOCKTON, Mo. _ In the cold of the night . . . That's where you'll find Jason Kuessner following Ozarks tradition once fall arrives. Much the same as his grandfather and father before him, he knows that the crisp, see-your-breath weather of autumn signals it's time to head into the dark and go fishing. It's time to flip the switch on the boat lights that illuminate the bottom of a clear-water Ozarks stream and go sucker gigging. "When I tell some people that I'm going gigging, they have no...