The Virus will most definitely help and work.frozenpod wrote:If the virus is being developed works carp will die off.
Removing 1 carp does nothing, but removing 300,000 plus carp does.
The Potential pitfalls in this plan.
Things to consider :-
- Dead Carp Everywhere. There is only so much yabbies and shrimp are going to be able to consume within a short time frame. There is bound to be wide spread rot.
- Sudden loss in a primary food source for Native Fish, such as Murray cod that have gotten used to munching on carp.
- Depreciation in water quality, decomposition could make a black water like event real.
- Redfin Population explosion , with no carp to consume eggs and disturb nests. More Piscevorous than carp, where does this leave native fish?
- Containment . We release the virus in one part of the system , it will spread. There is going to be little control once we set this lose.
- the temperature range at which the virus is going to work. Trout streams that have carp in them as well, may not fall into the working range of the virus , throughout the range.