Excerpts from an article in Weekly Times:
A decision to release the virus in Australia is due at the end of the year, once the National Carp Control Plan is delivered to the Federal Government...
Some anglers fear introduced redfin numbers would explode, eating native fish eggs and spreading the EHN [epizootic hematopoietic necrosis] virus, which infects native fish…
recreational fishing conservation group OzFish chief executive Craig Copeland said in a lot of locations certain species would not exist, so would need to be restocked...