Goal 4: Reducing carp and other pest fish impacts

TARGET: A capacity to deliver improved quality and availability of inland water through reduced impacts and rates of spread of carp and other pest fish species

Outputs

• New knowledge on carp and tilapia biology and/or ecological interactions and control options
• Knowledge of the potential of daughterless platform technology
• Knowledge on the potential of Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) as a biocontrol agent for carp in Australia
• Improved technologies and cost-effective responses to management of new freshwater fish invasions and reduced rates of spread of existing pests
• Adaptive management framework for assessing national control options for pest fish
• New generation biocidal products for controlling invasive fish investigated
• Integrated pest fish management package

Projects

• Reproduction and recruitment hotspots in the Murray-Darling Basin (4.F.5)
• Carp movement and migration in the Murray-Darling Basin (4.F.6)
• Carp age validation in the northern Murray-Darling Basin (4.F.11)
  • PhD: Carp population genetics (Gwilym Haynes – Completed and PhD conferred)
• Carp vulnerability analysis synthesis (4.F.15)
• Daughterless pest fish technology (4.F.3)
  • PhD: Carp sex determination and differentiation (Megan Barney – Complete and PhD submitted)
  • PhD: Mechanisms of RNA interference in fish (Lindsay McFarlane)
• Koi herpesvirus (Cyprinid herpesvirus 3) (4.F.7)
• Policy analysis of genetic techniques (4.F.8)
• Biocides review (4.F.9)
• Pheromone attractants (4.F.4)
• Environmental attractants (4.F.13)
  • PhD: Environmental attractants (Aaron Elkins)
• Acoustic fish repellents and attractants (4.F.14)
• Optimised wetland carp separation cages (4.F.12)
• Optimised wetland carp separation cage evaluation – Lake Bonney (4.F.17)
• Demonstration site: Albert-Logan, Qld (10.U.8)
  • PhD: Increased predator presence (Katie Doyle)
• Demonstration site: Lachlan catchment, NSW (10.U.9)
• Demonstration site: Lakes Sorell and Cresent, Tas (4.F.16)
• Rapid response planning (9.F.1)
• Tilapia control and management strategies (4.F.10)
• Engaging communities of the Murray-Darling Basin (10.F.1)

Relevant projects included under other goals

• Validating and refining risk assessment models (9.D.1)
• Scoping current invasive fish measuring and reporting methods (9.D.5)
• Mapping invasive animals in Australia (includes carp) (12.D.1)