{"id":4854,"date":"2016-05-02T04:21:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T18:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/setup.safga.org.au\/?p=4854"},"modified":"2019-06-15T19:15:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T09:45:11","slug":"csiro-to-release-herpes-virus-to-control-carp-in-murray-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/csiro-to-release-herpes-virus-to-control-carp-in-murray-river\/","title":{"rendered":"CSIRO to release Herpes Virus to Control Carp in Murray River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A virulent strain of herpes virus will be released into the Murray-Darling river system in a bid to eradicate European carp, in what Science Minister Christopher Pyne has dubbed a &#8220;carp-aggedon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government estimates the $15 million project will kill 95 per cent of carp in the river system over the next 30 years. Speaking in Adelaide, Mr Pyne said the herpes strain c<em>yprinid herpesvirus-3<\/em> would be released in 2018. He said research by the CSIRO had shown the virus is safe, and has no impact on humans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-05-01\/herpes-to-eradicate-carp-in-murray-river-pyne-says\/7373736<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/setup.safga.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/030516Carp_control.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4851\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4851\" src=\"http:\/\/setup.safga.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/030516Carp_control-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"030516Carp_control\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/030516Carp_control-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/030516Carp_control-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/030516Carp_control-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/030516Carp_control-285x214.jpg 285w, https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/030516Carp_control-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Group photo shows Senator Anne Ruston, Hon Christopher Pyne, Dr Michael Sierp \u00a0Managing Director Aquatic Biosecurity Pty Ltd and SAFGA State Fisheries Offier, Peter Teakle at Minister Pyne\u2019s Carp Herpis virus launch at Murray Bridge yesterday.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A virulent strain of herpes virus will be released into the Murray-Darling river system in a bid to eradicate European carp, in what Science Minister Christopher Pyne has dubbed a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4854"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4858,"href":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854\/revisions\/4858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safga.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}