Matt Barwick, National Coordinator, NCCP. May 2018
In May 2016, the Federal Government announced it would be allocating funds to investigate possible methods to reduce impacts of the pest species, European carp on Australia’s waterways.
Most agree carp impacts are severe in many areas of...
Matt Barwick, National Coordinator, National Carp Control Plan
As part of the team working to find a solution to the carp crisis in Australia, I would like to address a number of inaccuracies raised by Professor Simon Chapman on 4 May (“Cane toad 2.0: killing carp with herpes”, SMH, p21).
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Australia now has key information for controlling carp, Cyprinus carpio, one of the world’s most destructive pests. For the first time, there’s an estimate of carp biomass across the continent (carp biomass means the weight of carp).
This key information can directly guide the best...