2 results
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-209
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Various NCCP Operations case studies for the Mid Murray region, and Murray and Murrumbidgee river systems and GIS support for two other NCCP case studies (Lachlan and Loch 1 - Loch 3)

National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) to develop and report on a conceptual case study and cost estimate for the carp virus deployment and management across the Southern Murray-Darling Basin catchment. The case study was undertaken in three parts, being: I. An initial investigation designed to develop a...
ORGANISATION:
The Wedge Group Pty Ltd
SPECIES
European Carp

NCCP - Engineering Options for the National Carp Control Plan

Project number: 2017-222
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $49,538.78
Principal Investigator: Karl Mathers
Organisation: The Wedge Group Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 22 Apr 2018 - 29 Jun 2018
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SPECIES
European Carp

Need

The project relates to the design, consultation, delivery and reporting of a National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) 'Engineering Options' workshop. The project has been identified as a priority by the Operations Working Group as part of the NCCP and is intended to provide engineering, logistics and contracting knowledge to support high biomass clean up planning and execution.
The proposed workshop will focus on the development and evaluation of options for commercial scale carp clean up and disposal following high biomass carp kills across a wide range of public and private water bodies.
The workshop would be designed and delivered is such a way as compliment the other initiatives that have been, or are being explored by the NCCP, in particular, the recovery and disposal options literature review and the current engagement/investigations underway with the commercial fishing sector.

Objectives

1. To identify and assess clean up technologies and methods for high volume biomass removal (including collection, extraction, removal/transport) to meet high biomass clean up scenarios across the range of inland water body types
2. To identify the human resources and arrangements required for the range of technologies and methods
3. To identify logistical and contracting constraints and issues for high volume biomas clean up
4. To provide indicative costs for the preferred high biomas removal methods

Final report

Author: Karl Mathers and Geordie McKinlay
Final Report • 2018-11-08 • 24.31 MB
2017-222-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Wedge Group was engaged by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) on
behalf of the National Carp Control Program (NCCP), to deliver a project exploring possible engineering
and technology options to address the range of high-biomass clean-up and disposal scenarios associated
with possible deployment of the Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3, hereafter ‘the carp virus’) as a
biocontrol agent for carp (Cyprinus carpio) in south eastern Australia. The project was identified as a
priority by the NCCP Operations Working Group to provide operational, engineering, logistics and
contracting knowledge to support high biomass clean-up planning and execution.
 
The overall objective of the project was to support the ongoing refinement of the NCCP Operational
Strategy through identification of a range of suitable works and measures that will effectively and
efficiently reduce the impact of large scale carp mortality in inland waterways.
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