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While biological control can co-exist as you note with an industry in the case of the RHDV on nuisance rabbits as you also point out there is a vaccine. I was informed of some applicable perspective when speaking recently with Michael P. Masser, Ph.D., Professor and Extension Fisheries Specialist Texas A&M University and President of the World Aquaculture Society about their Sustainable Aquaculture Conference in San Antonio, on Feb. 26- March 2. Masser acknowledged the obvious that we will never be able to raise all of the 25K+ species of fish in aquaculture. Nor will we be able to test all species for refractory response to biological controls. As fisheries are under various levels of political authority via local, regional, national and international auspices the impacts of any such actions by any agency will likely have far reaching biological, commercial, and political implications.
Thank you for your willingness to assist those of us interested in seeing CSIRO and other authorities make the right decisions.
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