$15m to kill carp: Herpes virus plan gets budget green light

By Rebecca Belt
Updated May 2 2016 - 2:59pm, first published 8:49am
CASTING A LINE: New England MP and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce throws a line in the Peel River while talking carp eradication. Photo: Gareth Gardner 010516GGB16
CASTING A LINE: New England MP and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce throws a line in the Peel River while talking carp eradication. Photo: Gareth Gardner 010516GGB16

A $15 MILLION plan to use a strain of the herpes virus to rid carp from waterways in New England and nationwide within 30 years was announced in Tamworth yesterday.

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