The NFF rejects the need for this nomination. The river and its environs are highly developed landscapes that are tightly governed under state and federal law related to the Water Act 2007 and its subordinate Murray Darling Basin Plan, the implementation of which has seen significant and ongoing investment in the acquisition and utilisation of significant quantities of environmental water. This mechanism, as well as an ongoingly unmet need to specifically and directly address European Carp, is the most logical pathway forward.
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