by Paula McManus (score: 3), 1922 days ago
I heard the same thing the other day Aland. It will be fantastic to see if the virus works and the river can be cleansed of this rotten pest
by aland (score: 0), 1925 days ago
Carp are the traditional Christmas dish in the Czech Republic. They need to be purged in fresh water then smoked....I've eaten them there and it's quite good but of course not a patch on our wonderful local seafood. I'd heard that a virus is being developed that will kill carp only....the sooner the better. Eventually they out compete all other fish til there's nothing else left.
by Paula McManus (score: 3), 1969 days ago
Interesting article Elaine, thanks for posting the link to it. In the article it mentions that "Before you know it, you have a noxious pest which local towns [along the Murray Darling Basin] are getting paid to harvest and it feeds us."
I don't know of anyone who has bought carp at a fish market or who has eaten it, and I'm not sure I'd pay money for it given the choices of seafood that we have here. But, that article shows that there's a way to perhaps eradicate the species - good news!