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IFAS Fact Sheet# AGR-77

Biological Control with Grass Carp

Vernon V. Vandiver, Jr.


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Excess growth of aquatic weeds causes numerous problems in Florida. These weeds interfere with agricultural irrigation, restrict recreation, lower game fish production, lower the value of water front property, degrade the appearance of our waters and cause numerous other problems. Biological, chemical and mechanical methods may be used alone, or in combination, in an integrated management program to control unwanted aquatic weeds. Herbivorous fish provide one means of biologically controlling aquatic weeds.

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