Carp finally find fans as fertiliser demand skyrockets for veggie gardens during pandemic
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Fisherman Garry Warrick is busy supplying carp for the fertiliser market and human consumption.
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Commercial fishermen and fish fertiliser suppliers are struggling to keep up with a demand for carp as people spend more time gardening and growing their own food during the pandemic.
Key points:
Carp accounts for 90 per cent of fish biomass in some areas of the Murray-Darling Basin
A carp trap on the River Murray in Blanchetown removes an average of 80 tonnes of carp a year
Fishermen are seeing increasing consumer demand for carp in Australia, but its use in fish fertiliser is skyrocketing