Currants with worms

We had a bumper crop of currants last year but virtually all of the fruit shriveled up before ripening. When we researched during the winter for possible culprits, one of the suggestions was to pick the fruit and drop it into water to see if any worms come out. We had to wait until this year to do so and we did indeed find several worms, as shown in the photo. I think our best bet is to harvest all the fruit we can and destroy it violently, possibly utilizing fire.
As always, I'm looking for advice from people smarter than me.

ugh.  Those worms are a real pest here too.

https://gardenerspath.com/how-to/disease-and-pests/control-currant-fruit-fly/

r ranson wrote:ugh.  Those worms are a real pest here too.

https://gardenerspath.com/how-to/disease-and-pests/control-currant-fruit-fly/

Thank you. Those suggested actions sound familiar, but I recall somewhere reading that once the fruit is infested, you can harvest and destroy all the fruit to interrupt the life cycle. My other thought is that I don't think it's fair to declare that all the fruit on my land is mine and that any creature trying to eat my produce must die. I've only got two producing plants right now and I have 12 more in various stages of growth. If I just let nature do its thing, is it naive to think that there'll be enough for everyone in a few years? Or will I create a haven for Currant Fruit Flies. I'm leaning toward that approach under the guise of pacifism, while really seeing it as the least laborious.

Having chickens run in the berry patch from harvest to blossom time cuts down on the worms big time

r ranson wrote:Having chickens run in the berry patch from harvest to blossom time cuts down on the worms big time

We don't have chickens but we did have a family of grouse that spent a lot of time last year under and around our currant bushes. Perhaps they put a dent in the Currant Fruit Flies?