04-11-2017, 06:05 PM
It sure is, but it is a clean slate, killing all fish. The carp specific Harpies virus that the Aussies are using kills only carp. Sources tell me that it is saving some of their native species and numerous bodies of water.
We have a close cousin to that virus in the US that occasionally breaks out and kills carp. I saw it in Washington at Spokane Lake once. Killed about 30 % of the carp but left the Bass, Pike, Trout, etc., etc., unharmed.
Left some of the best fishing I have ever seen and did not take years for the fish to grow up after being restocked.
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We have a close cousin to that virus in the US that occasionally breaks out and kills carp. I saw it in Washington at Spokane Lake once. Killed about 30 % of the carp but left the Bass, Pike, Trout, etc., etc., unharmed.
Left some of the best fishing I have ever seen and did not take years for the fish to grow up after being restocked.
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