Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Answers to Questions Carp Harvesting Carp Harvesting The Hon. J.S. LEE Legislative Council Deputy Leader of the Opposition Carp Harvesting In reply to the Hon. J.S. LEE (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) ().11 September 2024). The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries Carp Harvesting The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries): I am advised: The Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) is involved in steering research priorities resulting from the National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) through membership on the Environment and Invasives Committee (EIC) Carp Task Group. The EIC Carp Task Group includes representatives from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and the commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). The EIC Carp Task Group met in 2022 and 2023 to review the NCCP and have outlined a need to better understand the outcome of three key questions—is the carp virus safe, will the carp virus effectively control carp, and would it be feasible to implement the biological control program? The EIC Carp Task Group identified priority actions that are required to answer key questions and to inform next steps, including decision points. The EIC, the National Biosecurity Committee, Agriculture Senior Officials Committee and Agriculture Ministers' Meeting agreed to progress further work on the carp biological program, to address the priority actions identified by the EIC Carp Task Group, to help determine if biological control using the carp virus is feasible. Work has commenced on the second phase of research with the reforming of the NCCP Scientific Advisory Committee.