Illinois Black Carp Bounty for Commercial Fishers Only
by TBC Press on 06/14/17The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is encouraging commercial fishers in the state to report and turn in any specimens of invasive black carp captured in their nets in the Illinois River, or in the Illinois waters of the Mississippi, Ohio and Wabash rivers. Commercial fishers can earn a bounty of $100 for black carp. The bounty is available only to commercial fishers, and is not available to individual recreational sport fishers, who are unlikely to catch black carp. For commercial fishers who... READ MORE
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