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  1. 2nd May 2016, 11:56 AM #1
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    Herpes to Kill Carp

    It looks like they are finally going to have a viable control for the swimming rats of the rivers.

    Herpes virus to be used in fight against carp in Murray River, Christopher Pyne says - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Fishing off the bank on the Darling or any of it's tributaries over the past 10 years, I would have caught 1 Perch or Cod for every 500 carp and while someone will come onto this thread and say they have a great way of cooking them, in truth they are crap to eat.

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    Lets hope it works and the native fish can get back to some reasonable levels in our lifetimes
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    I liked the journo asking how carp spread herpes.
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    That should stop Rex hunt from kissing fish , i hope it works.
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    (snip!)

    PS. the problem with the eating is how they die ... put in a esky of chilled/iced water and the calm down and die peacefully without stress. They fry fine. Just like catching some sea fish (Taylor) where it is important to bleed the fish immediately, else the flesh tastes awful.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rrturboD View Post

    PS. the problem with the eating is how they die ... put in a esky of chilled/iced water and the calm down and die peacefully without stress. They fry fine. Just like catching some sea fish (Taylor) where it is important to bleed the fish immediately, else the flesh tastes awful.
    They didn't need to strangle the CSIRO or even give it herpes, they have just reduced its funding.

    I notice that it won't be rolled out till 2018 because they want to have contingencies in place for dealing with millions of dead European Carp. If it gets rid of the feral pest, I'd be happy to get a tinny and a scoop net then sit on the river to remove the dead fish. If they put collection points with freezer type shipping containers every few Km they'd even be able use the dead (but not rotting) fish for fertilizer.

    Perhaps everyone with a tinny in the Murray Darling Basin could volunteer 1 week or just a weekend on the river during the release period.

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    PS. the problem with the eating is how they die ... put in a esky of chilled/iced water and the calm down and die peacefully without stress. They fry fine. Just like catching some sea fish (Taylor) where it is important to bleed the fish immediately, else the flesh tastes awful.[/QUOTE]

    I knew someone would say they are good to eat
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chenz View Post
    PS. the problem with the eating is how they die ... put in a esky of chilled/iced water and the calm down and die peacefully without stress. They fry fine. Just like catching some sea fish (Taylor) where it is important to bleed the fish immediately, else the flesh tastes awful.

    I knew someone would say they are good to eat
    I've tried eating it a few times but always tasted like mud, i know the Vietnamese and southern Europeans have a way of making it edible.
    Fertiliser is probably the best thing you can do with them.
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    Who is going to be the one to GIVE them herpes


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    Who is going to be the one to GIVE them herpes


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    Think about us poor buggers, down at the bum end of the Murray.

    We'll have our drinking water infused with Herpes and tonnes of dead Carp.

    If you want to make some money, get into the rainwater tank business in Adelaide ASAP I think....
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