The Conversation AU + NZ🐟 Carp now account for up to 90% of live fish mass in some rivers.
📸 Another photo from the field for #PhotoMonday.
This was taken by author and researcher, Katie Doyle.
Katie and colleagues wrote this article weighing up the risks and benefits of the controversial proposition to release carp herpes virus to address this 👇 :
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Exploding carp numbers are 'like a house of horrors' for our rivers. Is it time to unleash carp herpes?
Carp can make riverbeds look like golf balls – denuded and dimpled, devoid of any habitat. Releasing carp herpes virus is a controversial proposition, so let’s weigh up the risks and benefits.
Sriram Ramkrishna