Robbins said over time, his team has modified the seine net to make it better suited for catching Asian carp. Invasive Asian carp have dominated some Kentucky waterways for the past couple of decades, especially around the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. KDFWR's Joshua Tompkins helped start the Experimental Gears and Methods for Commercial Fishing program in 2020. Since 2013, Tompkins said around 85 million pounds of Asian carp have been harvested in the state. "We are the top predator [for Asian carp], and so that's why commercial fishing is so important," Spiers said.