Podcast: Defeating the Murray’s most invasive species
Flinders University Professor of Marine Biology Peter Fairweather has dedicated a considerable portion of his career to exploring the ecosystem of the Murray Darling Basin and the impact of carp.
Mar 15, 2017, updated Mar 15, 2017
Carp are a significant pest in Australia's waterways. Photo: Melbourne Water/Flickr
In our latest podcast, he discusses the planned use of the herpes virus to eradicate this introduced and damaging species from Australia’s longest single river.
In some place, he says, 80-90 per cent of the biomass in our rivers is carp.
He explains how the latest effort might make a dent in the progress of this incredibly hardy species which, in some inland waterways, makes up as much as 90 per cent of the biomass.
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