Battling to eliminate carp from Australian waterways 🐟 | Meet the Ferals Ep 9 | ABC Australia

Australian scientists have been working for decades to find a way to rid our waterways of one of the most devastating invasive species - carp. Tasmania is on the verge of eliminating all invasive European Carp from its waterways. It’s been a mammoth effort taking 25 years and is the largest eradication effort of its kind in the world. 📺Watch the full series here: • Meet The Ferals | Land...
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[@F4Insight-uq6nt]

You have shown me at least 3 different species of Carp in this video. I believe this problem is the Asian Carp which is a very different species and considered INVASIVE in some environments. But just saying CARP in General and showing like I say 3 different types of Carp is ignorant to say the least. The Common Carp is considered a Naturalised Species in all Countries. They are a popular sports fish in Europe & UK and gaining popularity in the USA too.

[@cjjuddaustralianartist]

That politician just described his colleagues perfectly.

[@discord2000]

And himself

[@arcagebuttons5987]

Especially himself.

[@quilliamattari2772]

lol

[@brucekent7442]

Yes that SOB politician 👍

[@mightyfraserriver977]

I was gonna say that

[@Wjwbros]

next time itll be a video about how a virus introduced to kill carp ended up evolving or adapting to killing other fish.

[@curvelgeorge3959]

I was windtif these ppl are mad, virus mutates and also biologically modifying fishes to only produce males is a slippery slope, what if other subspecies have similar receptors and are thus affect the same way...thTs just not wise at all

[@user-zt4ry9hm9u]

Carpvid-22 coming your way!!

[@joezinck5890]

The lab that was killing fish was surprised that they weren't going to continue getting funding to kill pet store fish

[@hagakureistheway8651]

100 percent exactly

[@andrewgent5887]

It could be that the carp develop immunity to the virus, what do you do then?

[@VinayakVidhyasagar]

Carps love being fed, fed them at a particular place they will make a routine visit there every day at same time, common carps are very intelligent, they love flour, and husks of rice and other cereals, every day feed at a particular area and fish the whole school without disturbing the water, by making them trapped the whole school, this the way we fish carps in India!! We feed them groundnut cake mix with rice polish flour, common bread flour!! The trick is not to disturb them when fishing them out, they also flock near fresh water comming into a pond!!

[@mohamednaufal8904]

What a simple yet a brilliant idea!

[@halfabee]

Find a Birth control chemical for carp and feed them with it.

[@cashcash5995]

Your idea works for you pond only .

[@Newit2]

The old ways are the best ways Africa starving. Fish fertiliser makes sense to WHO

[@larniemubos001]

@@Newit2 ,you insane

[@konradsobierajski4590]

Carp in Poland is a royal fish. A great sport fish and tasty served on Christmas Eve

[@bosesebi6685]

In Serbia too.

[@maxl3189]

What are your rivers made up of? Ours are primarily mud, clay or sand and they make our rivers turbid and taste very muddy and are quite smelly

[@kharnifex]

@@maxl3189 I catch them all the time in NSW from the darling river, I place them live into an ibc with freshwater overnight, I fillet them and smoke them, coating them with an oil and herb mix, they are excellent

[@daquigley7971]

@@kharnifex sounds like to much work for a mushy fish I'ma stick with salt water fish and trout

[@cemasti4524]

Royalty is bottom dwelling creature too. They get along well

[@kapilpokhrel2906]

Just sent this to South east Asian countries 😋

[@marshallzingkhai889]

Seriously bro...seems like they are not even interested in eating those nice fishes.

[@MeiinUK]

@@marshallzingkhai889 : How do you know ? I think you will be surprised. I think the more Northern areas as well whereby the waterway is not as close. You may be surprised.

[@MySwarnadeep]

We love to eat carp Indian carp include Rohu and Catla

[@thatsawesome2060]

Well you need to catch it first.

[@yopiprayuda844]

I'm from South east asia country and love to eat carp. 😁

[@Envoy_Intuition]

From an American, I wish you the best of luck with your carp battle! I know the Emu War shook the Australian morale but this is your chance for redemption

[@vuivui4273]

United States of Australia

[@massimoscognamiglio7369]

They had some success with biological attacks against rabbits, but could never wipe out the local population

[@goofusdoobus2179]

Asian carp also raided American waters

[@fire3608]

@@goofusdoobus2179 Ferel hogs are worse

[@CONEHEADDK]

@@massimoscognamiglio7369 Makes ongoing contests of catching/shooting most of them. "Most of the day, most of the week, the month and in total". Men love competion, and even if they are reduced to near nothing, the contests should still be rewarded.

[@davehughes6501]

What a contrast to the UK & most of europe. In the UK the market for carp is massive. Fishing for carp here is huge, with anglers going for two week holidays just to fish for them. Catch & release of course.

[@Dsubbz]

Uk is the home of carp fishing mate.

[@alexwillis7093]

I think between fertilizer, the pet food industry and human consumption would help reduce them. Like all fish they are nutritious. I don't believe in introducing a virus.

[@SobatBoncos]

But carp meat are gross.. 1/10 😣

[@donlofting4268]

What do you think is in your fish fingers

[@donlofting4268]

@@SobatBoncos you would never know if it was mixed

[@CHEVYCAMARO4GEN]

I don’t live remotely close to Australia but got damn their mini documentaries are so good.

[@biancat7761]

Have you watched "Australian Story?" And we do a pretty good 60 minutes too.

[@nicomeier8098]

Carp is an invasive species in The Netherlands as well. They were introduced by the Romans, how cultivated them for consumption, so they have been over here a long, long time. In fact so long that they are not considered an invasive species, and the same story applies to Zander, a species that originated from East and Middle Europe. Zander is a fantastic gourmet fish, carp needs a little more attention. In countries where they eat carp regularly they let them swim in very clear fresh water for a couple of weeks before they are processed for consumption. BTW: they are both fantastic sport fish!

[@deannelson9565]

Yep your zander is our walleye your perch is the same here as are pike only yours tend to be a bit larger. And all of them are better then fricken carp! Altough pike are a bitch to clean!

[@mihaiilie8808]

@@deannelson9565 carp costs more than pike and bass( its considered trash fish) here.Carp its actually sometimes more expensive than rainbow trout here.

[@mihaiilie8808]

@ClassicRockFan1220 i release all the zanders i catch ( they die too fast if kept in a net) and i keep somme carps.I like the carps to be as darker colored to taste better.I dont like much the silver colored carps from the cleaner waters.

[@peterwallace9764]

@@mihaiilie8808 - I’ve never eaten carp, they are a pest here in Oz. Sport fishers may like them for the fight, dunno, I’ve never caught one either. Wouldn’t the carp have a dirty muddy taste. Just look at their mouths, vacuum cleaners for mud.

[@CONEHEADDK]

In my grannies cook book, what we (Denmark) call Brasen, and nobody eats today, was written "Done like Carp".

[@BESHYSBEES]

Put carp on Heated stones from a camp fire 🔥 splash of oil, salt and pepper then when it’s cooked throw the carp in the river and eat the stones

[@deejaydiditbukavu5227]

Hell Yeaaahhh... I like your spirit of sharing, mate 😅😅👍

[@AdamTait-hy2qh]

Yeah nah it is the most widely aquacultured fish in the history of man.

[@fredreddies1220]

The stone would be netter

[@joseph1505]

Yea carp taste horrible

[@ramonlopez5872]

Can add some curry?

[@misacraft3714]

In Czechoslovakia, a fried carp is served as a Christmas dish. It is a traditional food. Carp is usually a target fish for hobby fishermans and it is eaten.

[@davemustaki134]

Yes in many European countries carp is a delicacy but here in Australia they are a pest and taste and smell like crap and even if you do cook them to taste half decent it takes too much time and preparation in general they are not a delicacy here

[@vishakhduttsingh1752]

I am from india and we love eating carps.. We even farm them and there is always a fight in our fish markets to buy the large size carps. Its really strange for me to know that people there hesitate to eat this delicious sweet fish. 👀

[@jimmylives]

That's because you have never eaten salmon, bass, mackerel,etc

[@kharnifex]

Because people are generally wealthy enough to eat better tasting fish, or are ignorant that you can make them into a nice tasting dish

[@Alamak2070]

@@jimmylives Europeans love to eat carp and is quite common. Yeah I think Europeans never tasted salmon, bass and mackerel to make a comparison 😂

[@vishakhduttsingh1752]

@@jimmylives india has large coast line.. I have eaten fishes.. Like mackeral, tuna , sword fish.. But still carps are sweet.. 🤨 try to eat them.t

[@lukescovell8294]

@@Alamak2070 not in the uk but each to their own

[@dinayakhina1069]

Am not Australian. Watched the whole series with an open mouth. Waiting for the next episode about feral chicken). Hard to believe men nowadays r struggling with tons of food.

[@SirenaSpades]

100%. People are so stupid.

[@TheWuschelMUC]

I can assure you that carp are considered as high-quality food here in Germany. Carp are bred in small, mostly artificial ponds. In September the water is drained and the carp are caught. Most end up in special fish restaurants that are quite popular in Franconia (Northern Bavaria.). "Guten Appetit!"

[@andydeala2308]

I really surprised while watching this video. Here in the Philippines, we have the same carp but never had a problem like yours. In fact, we really have a tough time catching them. They are some kinda special freshwater fish for us and they are fantastic especially when you roast them, eat them raw with vinegar and soup. Unfortunately, they multiplied numerously in your country not here. Just sharing. Anyway, thanks for this video.

[@gloriabisco6148]

They lacked natural predator outside their home habitats.

[@avshockey6633]

@@gloriabisco6148 Exactly. In Florida, when people get tired of taking care of their tropical fish, they just dump them in the local canals where they wind up reproducing. There are so many invasive species of fish, the Florida department of wildlife imported peacock bass from South America because all of those tropical fish are the natural diet of the peacock bass. They imported one invasive species to control the populations of dozens of other invasive species.

[@robs257]

im from germany and im so happy when i catch a good carp

[@albertobarron7842]

Carp is very rare in some places in the Phils. Tilapia is a very common fish. The invasive are janitor fish,knife fish and the tilapia look alike arroyo with a mole.

[@Alamak2070]

I think the reason why is because many Australians do not know how to eat or cook carp

[@TheC920996mmkj]

I have been fishing the Murray River for a long time or been camping with people that were fishing. 30 years ago it was mostlycarp. In the last 10 years (since I got the fishing bug) fishing between Echuca and Barmah, I have caught about 40 Murray cod, 10 silver perch, 3 troud cods and only 1 carp. Silver perch and troud cod are protected species. I still caught more of them than carp. Murray cod are everywhere.

[@redpepper7181]

Wow Barnaby just perfectly described himself.

[@janreybaldonado1974]

I wish we have that in that Philippines, im sure that carf i will be endanger

[@generalengineerph3574]

Madami Yan dati samin sa cagayan river.tawag nila Jan GOLDEN, Carp Pala tawag jan. Sa Carp din siguro nakuha Yung tawag na KARPA.kahawig din Ng Golden Kaso kulay Puti Yun at mas maliit.

[@walterross6103]

It's a shame that other countries do not work with Australia based on the hunger problem throughout the world. In my state fishing access diminishes each year do to privatized water front property. We love to fish in Va. And would fish and feed til our rods break.

[@TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic]

Come OVER and catch them mate!

[@Andreas-gh6is]

Even the most intensive fishing methods don't work to eliminate a species this widespread and prolific. There'll always be a reservoir and at 3 million eggs per female per season, it really takes only one or two generations to rebound.

[@ronniesilva6686]

We should look for the most effective way to utilise and obviously, we have a endless supply in our backyard so, be patient one day we can used them as the alternative source for something.

[@carlob517]

think your idea has merit too much goes to waste , the reality is Australian govts. dont follow thru or get tough enough to end the problem, Every introduced animal here Cane Toads , rabbits , foxes , pigs ,goats , water buffalo and camels are in plague proportions

[@Yeah.316]

Wtf are you talking about if not bleeded the fish taste like week worn socks and the fish spoil very fast with 2/3 days

[@needmoreramsay]

I absolutely LOVE cooking fish with bone-in, head on. Adds a lot of flavor, retains the moisture and the whole experience of picking your meal apart is actually primal and very satisfying. It's like eating a lobster in the shell; you set up your butter, buns, utensils, put on a movie and crack open a couple cold ones. Great way to spend an occasional evening.

[@encinobalboa]

Chopsticks are ideal for picking bones.

[@connieheinlein5068]

Carp are as good as salmon when smoked. Cut into pieces, put in a large bowl, mix salt and brown sugar cover fish and refrigerate overnight. I use apple wood and smoke about 5 hours on low heat.

[@rangoman1815]

Most Asians eat like that with bones intact

[@vlchhakchhuak607]

Big difference,here in India most of the carp are sell in the market and people eat mostly carp fish

[@danuseng7247]

Carp is a delicacy in my home country 😀

[@harrypoppay2392]

Man that's our favorite dish in country

[@xman530]

Also My country 😁

[@waribangentertainment6009]

In here indonesia we eat it, deep fried and pour sweet sour sauce, or soup it. Use it for fish powder its very nutricious for fattening pigs and chicken, or use for fertilzer its very good for holticulture

[@Taz6688]

What an opportunity to farm and sell the food source around the world many people eat carp

[@slingshotfishingphilippine5397]

Here in the Philippines and other southeast asia country that. Fish is so beautiful and tasty as well . and also we consider it delicacy..

[@2thousand2channel]

Feral fish Feral cat Feral dog Feral camel Feral rabbit Feral deer What else?

[@undergroundblu]

donkeys, boar, birds, toads, insects, flora.. Humans.

[@julzmma]

People

[@pacomuri1873]

Feral birds

[@fatedragonyt2746]

Feral birds

[@johnriley2721]

Feral people

[@ironicz123]

I love catching carp beautiful fish and amazing sport

[@kenneth9874]

They look nice but are a pain in a gill net.

[@royc349]

Us Brits love our carp fishing where we spend millions on rods and bait a year. The medieval monks brought them over from Asia as a major food source so why not feed poor countries or make fertiliser with the carcasses

[@kharnifex]

Fillet, make a nice herb and oil mix and coat them, smoke for 3-4 hours, apple wood, cherry etc it's nice

[@dungeonmonkey2495]

As someone who grew up on the Murray, got raised to see these fish as vermin. Use them for yabby bait. Can't believe some people eat them. Full of mud

[@TyCampbell666]

How is the dumping of a ton of dead fish into a perfectly clean waterway to induce a complete kill off of everything in the system to be looked at as a good way to eradicate the problem of carp controlling our waterways 🤬

[@jenson1569]

if it was done little by little it could work but not all at once.

[@julesverneinoz]

I laughed when I heard they actually tested that 😂 "Um, duh?"

[@zeph6439]

Each year in early spring they gather and are concentrated in one channel or area of a water way to spawn where they can easily be netted out. To prepare a carp for eating, soak the fillets or whole fish in vinegar for about 12 hours. This eliminates and/or softens the small sharp bones after which it can be minced up and made into fish balls, or roasted with a nice stuffing and red wine marinade.

[@catinthehat906]

You left out the last stage -which is feed the fish balls to the chooks and eat the eggs!

[@russellchan7700]

8:14 bro didn't even notice that fly on his cheek :D

[@matthijs3134]

Lol come to Australia for a bit and you’ll see that you just don’t care anymore 😂

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

Carp is a delicious fish... a kilo of carp is actually more expensive than a kilogram of beef here in Europe and if I want to catch one myself I have to pay for a permit and spend days by trying and possibly failing.

[@paultennant2593]

that is because ,in Europe ,their native abode ,these fish do not infest their habitat with multiple breeding cycles due to the climate ...."NO ICE over in AUS ..mate.. In Australia,Major river systems have dam after dam ..catching in winter ..irrigating in summer ..no spring floods...lowering water temp overall ....making it better for carp ...worse for Australian natives..good news ...some environmental floods do happen in spring for native breeding..lets hope it is enough !...p.s ship beef to me and I will give you 3to1

[@deannelson9565]

Yeah I wouldn't be bragging about any of that! The main reason is simply because the common people in Europe have had most of their Wildlife and wildlands taken away from them. Your access to any of it is highly regulated whereas in Australia or here in the United States we have many many many many options on where we can go fishing or hunting or whatever we want to do. Carp are a f****** infestation thus the reason why we often shoot them just for fun to clear them out a little and turn them into fertilizer!

[@raptorkravmaga9977]

I'm from Greece, here nobody in his right mind is going to eat a carp,and we got no problem with their numbers either. I think Australians must take in consideration the use of depth charges.

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

@@paultennant2593 they are not native here (they are Asian import - it got here in middle ages).

[@enjoi44]

Can't watch this as a UK carp angler it's barbaric 😩 those fish should never of been put there in the first place another great job mankind

[@fc7424]

Not to mention the rabbits, foxes, cats that were introduced to Australia. They are causing massive environmental damage and causing massive damage to Australia's native animals. Feral dogs are also a massive problem in Australia.

[@lk8300]

All Tha KS to the British. The British really made the world a better place huh...

[@davidcox9674]

@@fc7424 and don't forget the trout that these same people introduced and continue to release in their millions to severely impact native fish. Of course we're misled that this is OK for trout but not other intrduced species. I smell BS.

[@smitajky]

My dam had been infested with Carp. Ruining it as a water store. I pumped it out and killed all the carp but eggs were brought in on the legs of birds. So no win. Finally I found that adding 10% of bore water caused the mud to settle out. Birds could see the young fingerlings and had a feast. I haven't had any now for ten years. But I still need to re dig the dam to fix the damage that they did in the past.

[@ABNERCHAN4]

OMG! wish I can’t travel to Australia just for this carp

[@raymondweaver8526]

They are fun to catch on light tackle

[@justme.9711]

The next time we have a drought with any river along the Darling, get the army or someone to put a dam/weir a hundred meters from where that river runs into the darling. Recover as much native aquaculture as you can and let the whole river dry out, it generally will be anyway. Then when it rains again or is replenished, it will be carp free and can only add to the darling, not be added to/invaded. The CSIRO must be able to devise an anti-fish ladder/flood gate or such.

[@derricksajan1258]

Just export everything camel,carp etc to the needy

[@dayonpanyalai8583]

Australia must be a very very fertile island...cause everything become feral there...bunnies, camel, goat, deer....I hope I can visit Australia someday

[@dannyrexknight]

Australia is not particularly fertile. The land is very out of balance these days. That is why there are so many invasive species. Freshwater is sparse, much of our land is desert and soils are poor for farming in most places. We don't fish for this species because it is seen as a noxious pest. Native species are prized because of their rarity. It really is sad to see the old pictures of times gone by with huge Murray cod and clean freshwater rivers. These have been populations of native fish and plants have been decimated and the waters polluted by industry.

[@TheWuschelMUC]

@@dannyrexknight Then fish the carp exactly for this reason!

[@ABD5667]

Carp is a popular eating fish in many parts of the world. It was bred for fish farming

[@nicolaiitchenko7610]

Smartest thing ever said on the issue of feral critters ... "It'll only be for one season for a lifetime of benefit" We all continually marvel at the 'recovery' of areas devastated by one disaster after another...why question that rivers will or will not do the same?

[@johndulaien3844]

Because they saw what the virus did to overseas populations.

[@boxingfan2281]

The problem with the introduction of the virus is that some carp are immune from it via their genetics. It can devastate numbers but it doesn’t provide a complete answer as those remaining have immunity and breed and grow in numbers due to Australia’s stunning weather. It would need the virus along with concerted effort for a few years to catch the reduced number of immune fish. This model can be seen in countries that the virus already exists.

[@prac2]

cant we overfish them like everything else?

[@boonvang708]

The problem is no one wants to catch and keep them LoL

[@brosefmcman8264]

Three easy step Carp Recipe 1. Attach carp to wooden board. 2. Use meat cleaver and tenderize fish 3. Throw carp in trash and eat the wooden board

[@kharnifex]

@@brosefmcman8264 this is the attitude that helps keep this Invasive species in our waterways

[@dandon.007]

Fishing competition would be a great option.

[@Abhinav_abhiz]

Carp roe mixed with chilli turmuric and spices and fried mouthwatering😋

[@pdunc1976]

it is like in the midwest usa,we have an asian carp problem.there are ways these fish can be useful.create gater or croc farms and use these fish as feed.also use them to feed reptiles,giant snakes in zoos.use them to feed sharks,eels and other sea creatures that pray on other fish both in an aquarium or out at sea.if they are processed properly they can be used as cat food,animal feed..etc.

[@valy673]

but the problem of fish waste had been solved as explained in the video? they made bio fertiliser.. it isnt the waste management thats the problem. its actually catching the wild carp. as you catch them. the yield lowers every year

[@valy673]

they are trying to find a way to either fully eliminate or control population of carp effectively, which is definitely hard because they are an extremely invasive species, as well as amazingly smart for a fish species. although you could make the argument of fish collection after said virus had been released and wiped the population, the overall cost on top of the money put into researching, releasing and controlling said virus would amount to a much higher number than the people in charge are willing, or ultimately decide are willing to put into carp population control

[@theshadow2245]

These are very tasty tho. Had one last week. Umm, it was like 1.2 kg. Fired, made a fish curry & damn, these are good👍🏻

[@juliusca1003]

As the old saying goes 'if someone throws you a carp, make fish and chips'

[@gkess7106]

I wish Chicago would learn a lesson from this.

[@bentley9249]

Instead they released COVID-19 on us 😂

[@aloohlahkonghay9184]

The irony....at my place.. fresh water carp is so expensive....😭

[@kellyroup4262]

I've eaten plenty and if cleaned and cooked right are delicious!

[@nicolae3657]

Yeah,carp are kinda rare in my contry too

[@jasmijnariel]

At my country they illegaly catch them and eat them... our waters start getting empty

[@Satt0trinken]

@@jasmijnariel gotta make deals with australian fisherys and import them

[@edgargarcia3122]

My favorite bait fish to get for some alligator gar, Taste good in ceviche too

[@kensanity178]

The carp is the best fish to wrap newspapers up in.

[@geoeconomics3067]

There is no way Carp can multiply in Croatia in these numbers Rivers and lakes are stocked with Carp fry to boost Carp population and still very little results that's why they have special lakes catch and release only for Carp In Australia and USA lakes and rivers are infested with Carp very very interesting

[@CONEHEADDK]

To cold for them to breed perhaps.

[@fc7424]

Possibly the carp thrive more in the warmer climate of Australia.

[@jakubantal2546]

​@@fc7424 no. They just dont eat carp in Us and Australia. Lot of European countries are landlocked with no access to fresh sea fish. In here we are grateful even for muddy shitty carp.

[@markshort9098]

It would have been good if they could make the carp only breed males then adapt it for cane toads

[@DDDSSDDDSSDDDSS]

That didn't work on Jurassic Park

[@brenton2561]

@@DDDSSDDDSSDDDSS thankyou.

[@aaronsanborn4291]

We've got a Carp issue here in the U.S. too

[@roberta4760]

Fisheries in Victoria seems to be stocking more Murray cod into more places. If they are allowed to reach a slot limit, where they become too big, and you can't keep them. I am sure these large Cod will eat lots of carp, and help to keep carp numbers down. In the past, when these large Cod where caught lots of fishermen kept them, to eat, or to mount on a wall.

[@CONEHEADDK]

Isn't cod salt water ?

[@dantemadden1533]

@@CONEHEADDK Murray Cod isn’t related to the northern hemisphere’s cod so no it’s not saltwater, the murray cod and other Australian cod species are freshwater fish more closely related to Groupers/gropers

[@IvanSam1]

You can freeze it and export it to countries that eat carp.. at a reasonable price of course.

[@cemasti4524]

Make me an offer? What is reasonable?

[@arunmerugumala2885]

carp fish is a very tasty fish. Its demand is increasing in India per kilo it's approx -2$ USD. People like to buy fresh live fish. It can live alive in transportation for multiple days. This can also be marketed in Australia for Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities.

[@Rob-fc9wg]

If you reckon carp taste good, then you would probably enjoy eating 💩 sandwich!

[@gasoholics]

I love catching Carp

[@sgcanesillegals6440]

They are excellent eating!!

[@danvanhoose6783]

Needs some lion fish there.

[@maciejslachetka1436]

Why Australia have a problems with Carp? Because they don't eat Carp. In Poland we have also problem with Carp, but here is hard to catch because is very little in lakes. Carp is one of my favorite fish to catch and eat. I like it more than Trout.

[@CONEHEADDK]

Never caught one, but they are known to be stronger than most trout. Rainbow trout can be extreme though.

[@Yamilangura10]

In Europe carp is one of the most delicious fresh water type of fish, really tasty.

[@helmuthschultes9243]

Sadly I was fined at 18yrs age catching Carp in Gippsland Yallourn storage dam. So much for for removing pests.

[@sarcasmo57]

We eat them. Follow a Chinese recipe to overcome their so so flavour. Carp is China's favourite fish because they're easy to farm.

[@Hitman-ds1ei]

Gives me goose bumps thinking about the 'cane toad' solution implemented in Queensland and look where that went

[@zmac8689]

Yes now they are starting to head down in the southern states of Australia, getting used to the cooler weather, and heading up to the Northern Territory and getting bigger and longer legs, yes brought here for the cane beetle in the 1930's, now they have spread everywhere, yes they try to sort out one solution, then that solution ends up worse.

[@jacksonchiwalanga4817]

You guys are lucky

[@thompsoon3]

No they're a horrible fish many of our native fish are almost extinct. I can go to the river and catch like 10 of these a day and nothing else.

[@GrowYourOwnLife]

We have carp in the UK we also have KHV it kills a few but not all. Some fish seem to be immune to it. And it only spreads now and then it wont wipe them out.

[@boatcampingadventures1285]

I say let recreational fishers access more of the freshwater creeks and waterways, the amount of people who love fishing could make a huge difference in the local waterways.

[@mihalyshilage5826]

Carp bounty would work wonders too. Dollar per kilo would have them flying out the river. Same with foxes, cats, pigs, and toads but the councils arent ready to have this discussion

[@jenniferchang6611]

​@@mihalyshilage5826 u are so right we hunting other things to extinction for fun and sport. Why are we struggling with carp. We're literally gonna make carp extinct

[@dits791]

The problem with these fish are they are tough to withstand just about any conditions, they could survive in a small creek or pond with only a foot of water. Us Aussies don't care much for eating them, they have a muddy taste with very little flavor and plenty of bones. If they were a good eating fish, there would be less of a problem. I've caught hundreds of these things here in South Australia, tried to eat them a couple of different ways, no thanks. However you can't compare them to salt water fish which are much tastier and Australia is an island surrounded with salt water. The European carp do make a great bait for catching blue swimmer crabs. :) It's also illegal in my state to return caught carp back into the water, we leave them on the bank or feed them to pelicans.

[@CertyfikatZPF]

Carp is the most popular fish to be eaten during christmas dinner in Poland. We are fishfarming carp in ponds here.

[@Optimismus53]

In germany too! We had it at christmas time. delicious

[@Surfph171]

Indeed other countries have ecyplatus trees problem as they are acidic where plants cannot grow nearby.

[@joeeyes6613]

Just grill it then dip in vinegar with lots of chillies,yummy

[@jaycreds106]

Issue is how many bones they have in comparison to makeral or other salt water fish. Also they can be quite gritty but a thourough clean and descale fixes that. Eastern countries eat carp at celebrations :)

[@frankrenteria4370]

Fillet the meat no bones...

[@MrMerzi007]

@@jaycreds106 just deep fried into bones

[@gregbryla6529]

any fish clean water wot you want karp is like wacum cleaner eat from mad

[@briannaharter4411]

The problem is how poeple handle them when catching them.a lot of poeple are really rough with them cuasing them to release their nasty stress hormones that ruins the meat.

[@rext8949]

A species which proliferates with ease and is delicious to eat ? Wow, I would have thought it was the answer to our hunger problems.

[@djoneforever]

Beautiful and tasty fish

[@lisalynnn]

I didn't realize that carp was popular for food and sport fishing. In Tennessee we have an invasion of Asian carp. The fish have invaded the Mississippi river, part of the Tennessee river and other waterways in southeast America. When I was little and we would go fishing, we didn't eat the carp we caught. My dad would dispatch each one to make sure he removed as many as possible.

[@ryanshnoztwazzle8605]

that's what we do in Aus, its illegal to throw them back

[@drpk6514]

They will develop resistance against one strain of virus. But if you use two different types of viruses if there would be available then you have a good chance to get them all.

[@ebonza]

Absolutely no doubt that there are too many carp in SOME areas of Australia (note, SOME). However, there are contradictions to consider about why the Australian Govt. continues to provide public money to Carp eradication. Firstly...the origin of the water quality/turbidity problem in Australian waterways. From the 1970's, the Murray Darling Basin in particular has been modified/engineered to create vast pools to enhance irrigation - mainly for the Rice and Cotton farming industry. It's an admitted fact that this engineering has been a major factor in increased water turbidity, due to water flows in the Basin significantly decreasing and trapping silt from land run off. This factor should be front of mind for anyone with an interest in this situation - it's a scientifically defencible argument that adequate water flow in water way systems maintains water clarity...and that's good for native fish. So, instead of putting all the focus on a species of fish as [quote] "Bio-engineers" we have to look at the entire history of this problem, and combine with the contributory factor of the current carp biomass. If Australia could totally eradicate Carp (not feasible by the way), we would still have the water quality problem. I'm not against controlling carp numbers but I am sick of hearing the rhetoric excreted from Cotton Industry associated politicians, trying to mould public opinion and divert from the origin of an environmental issue that is made made. Just look to the UK, Mainland and Eastern Europe, North Africa etc. etc. to see that Carp co-exist with a diverse and healthy number of native fish, with the vast majority of waters they inhabit being crystal clear AND contributes to a prolific fishing and tourism industry that creates jobs and significant revenue. I'm sorry to say that Australia is the village idiot, compared to most of the world that has a population of carp.

[@Thegrim326]

This happened awhile ago but on my grandparents lake one year something happened to the carp they just started dying could find hundreds along the bank it didn't kill them all but it put a big dent in the population

[@kellyroup4262]

We used to have tons of huge goldfish in Ohio in the US but they all died out from pesticides and chemical fertilization. Last time I was there I didn't see any where they used to be thick as flies.

[@yaseenratherrather1561]

Nice fish

[@bobajahdeh]

Try to cook it. I believe you will like it 😄 From your neighbour Indonesia

[@maxl3189]

Too many bones and our native fish taste 30x better and they need no condiments, just butter and salt

[@vessmovie2591]

Disini aja ampek kurang bro. Ngapa ngk di impor ke indo aj dr pd di musnahin. Mubazir aj

[@JM-nt5ex]

@@maxl3189 Or you just only use salt and butter, because Anglos can't cook

[@yinchuun]

@@maxl3189 if you cook it correctly, there is no bones and it's the most delicious fish in the world.

[@mastersheldon]

Every animal in australia they say ferals.. .how blessed they are of having tons of edible fishes.

[@mihalyshilage5826]

Not for long with the Chinese overfishing it all

[@dannyrexknight]

These fish are killing all our native fish and destroying the natural ecosystem. We would have a bounty of native fish without them.

[@masenko4519]

They are pests because they are causing our natural species to die out

[@andrewwang8021]

4:27 - "...he's got a radio transmitter in his back and over the next two years, he'll lead us to his friends and family..."

[@eclipseTV]

Omg! They called them 'Invasive Species' but in Philippines, it's a blessings..

[@bhaveshshah6895]

Magic Carb😌 Evolves Garados after virus impact 😂

[@maxl3189]

Hahaha

[@casaurabadhikari4853]

One day people will be "feral" too since many are not native there.

[@lachlanshaw4684]

The only thing native here is the dirt we walk on and the aboriginals that care for it. Everything else god wants gone

[@TheQuixoticEnd]

We always have too much or too many.. some fish are hunted to extinction and others can't be fished enough, making demand drastically lower.

[@peaceandlove5214]

I love Carp fish.

[@Trevor_Austin]

Carp are a lovely fish but they need predators to keep their numbers down.

[@szabomarton8064]

their usual predators are catfish - and those will eat everything else too.

[@haruchai]

We like to toot our own horns and imagine that we are supremely clever, we keep making the same stupid mistakes over and over.

[@phnxnn8120]

It is a good eating fish. More and more need to try the fish.

[@SilverHand-fu1jn]

So this is why our carp pond only had sand on the bed.

[@cearodel9204]

just grill it and a spicy dippining sauce would be fine ..

[@samwynn6186]

Any UK carp anglers struggling to watch this 😂

[@scottgreen8068]

i cant watch anymore :(

[@Mossy06]

I'd still blank😂

[@kippersniffer3699]

@@Mossy06 hahaha me too

[@kinghighpriestarchon4792]

No point, you know what's coming

[@carlemery332]

So hard to watch. Had to give up half way through 🤣

[@flacohernadez9920]

I love carp.