Millions of Lake Burley Griffin carp face swift death from cyprinid herpesvirus release

By John Thistleton
Updated July 23 2016 - 4:09pm, first published June 13 2016 - 12:00am
Charlie Diedo has caught and released hundreds of carp in Lake Burley Griffin. Photo: Jay Cronan
Charlie Diedo has caught and released hundreds of carp in Lake Burley Griffin. Photo: Jay Cronan

Picture masses of mud-sucking carp, dead, bloated and rising in greeny-yellow heaps, bobbing along the edges of Lake Burley Griffin, Lake Ginninderra and Lake Tuggeranong.