BACK IN HISTORY | Grass carp ‘doing well’

BACK IN HISTORY | Grass carp ‘doing well’

AN article published in The Fiji Times on February 3, 1983 reported the grass carp, introduced to Fiji to control weeds in the Rewa River, was doing well. Japanese aquaculture experts were pleased with it. The fish was brought from India, New Zealand, and China. The article said the vegetarian fish could grow up to 10kg. A fish farm at Naduruloulou, near Nausori, had a stock of about 8500 carps which was ready to be put into the river. There, it…