Hi Janama,

It wasn’t me who said these Carp were in demand it was Jennifer in her article. Perhaps you should actually READ her article before commenting on it. You sound like Bill Shorten when he said “I don’t know what Julia Gillard said but I agree with her”

<< I would have thought a saltwater fishing industry with Mulloway, Mullet etc would be more beneficial than an introduced carp industry. >> Really?

I guess you may well have “thought” but you obviously didn’t read my post either. Is there something we should know about your and reading and comprehension?

Otherwise you would have considered how long it might take to get agreement to remove the tidal barrier, legislate for it, remove it, complete an agricultural impact statement, mitigate for the restored tidal flow and restock the estuary with native species.

I don’t suppose it matters to you what these fishermen do for a living whilst you sort out these minor issues?

Next time you think about thinking perhaps you should think again before thinking

spindoc - no need to get rude mate! I did read what you and Jennifer wrote, did you?

You wrote:
"Great, that gives fishermen a product to sell to an emerging market for a species that is popular with Asians and European cultures."

Have you ever eaten Asian Carp? it tastes ok but it's difficult to prepare because it's extremely boney. The US is facing a similar problem with asian carp in their rivers and lakes and they can't get anyone to eat it either so it also becomes fertiliser. Europeans have shown little interest in eating Asian Carp except perhaps their eggs as a caviar.

BTW in case you didn't know Charlie Carp Ltd is established in NSW at Deniliquin. The Lake fishermen are only a small part of the whole fertiliser industry and as I said maybe they'd prefer to be selling fresh Jewfish and Mullet to the Adelaide diners.

Go to the Milang Museum and you will see a whole display devoted to the fishermen of Milang and how they created their nets etc.

A weir at Wellington or Pomander point, Lock 0, would keep the carp in the Murray River, Charlie Carp would continue using Murray River carp and saltwater fish would occupy the lake, like it used to and like all the other similar estuaries on the Australian coast.

But as you admitted yourself "I know little of the technicalities of estuary conservation....."

Setting up oyster and mussel beds wouldn't take long. I can't wait to savor Alexandrina Oysters on my table as i love oysters. This year saw the first Port Philip Bay oysters appear since the 1800s, maybe the lake can be next.

All the argument and facts are on the table - it just needs a forward thinking politician to draw up the legislation and fight for it. All the farm water supplies have been dealt with and fresh water pipes are already in place.