of the Four Domestic Fish (四大家鱼). Its meat is tender, while with little bone. Many Chinese cuisine has grass carp as a featured dish, such as Cantonese cuisine. Fishing for grass carp Grass carp grow large and are strong fighters when hooked on a line, but because of their vegetarian habits and their wariness, they can be difficult to catch via angling. The IGFA World record for a grass carp caught on line and hook is , caught in Bulgaria in 2009. The fish are also popular sport fish in areas where bowfishing is legal. Where grass carp populations are maintained through stocking as a biocontrol for noxious weeds, fishermen are typically asked to return any caught to the water alive and unharmed. References External links Species Profile - Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library. Lists general information and resources for Grass Carp. grass carp Commercial fish Freshwater fish of China Fish of East Asia Herbivorous vertebrates Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes grass carp Squaliobarbinae Chinese seafood dishes