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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adam Kerezsy

I’ve watched the Murray-Darling for 30 years and I’ve never seen carp numbers like this

Carp clogging a waterway
Carp clogging the waterways at a farm in Moulamein NSW. Flooding has seen the invasive species population explode in the Murray-Darling Basin. Photograph: Facebook | Jeremy Morton

As a fish ecologist who lives on the northern shoreline of Lake Cargelligo in western New South Wales, I’ve been fortunate to have had a front-row seat to the ever-changing drama of all aspects of the Murray-Darling Basin over the last 30 years.

It’s never been more dramatic than this past spring and summer.

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