Native and Introduced fish
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0Know your rivers - what is Environmental Water?
The Office of Environment and Heritage has released a series of factsheets about the work it is doing to increase native fish and bird numbers, improve wetland habitat and ensure a sustainable future for local waterways.
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0Hatchery upgrade to help improve native fish numbers
Native fish numbers in the Gwydir valley are expected to increase as a result of improvements at the Bingara Fishing Club Hatchery. Works to repair two native fish breeding stock dams are now complete and new fish have taken up residence.
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0Talking fish at Gwydir forum
Fish and flows in the Gwydir River were the focus of a public forum held at Bingara this month.
Participants heard from a range of speakers on the latest research projects and water management strategies to support local native fish.
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0Great news for golden perch in Murrumbidgee
Golden perch are thriving in waterways west of Hay, thanks to targeted flows supporting fish habitat. Environmental water has created ideal conditions for the next generation of Golden perch to feed, breed and boost native fish numbers in the river.
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0Ovens River Demonstration Reach
The Ovens River Demonstration Reach aims to demonstrate the advantages of using multiple management interventions to showcase the cumulative benefits that river rehabilitation can have on native fish populations. The project was initiated in 2007 and is one of several areas selected throughout the Murray-Darling Basin to demonstrate the benefits of using river health management […]
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1Hollands Creek Demonstration Reach
The Hollands Creek Demonstration Reach is nestled within the Tatong Valley in North East Victoria. The Demonstration Reach concept was established under the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s Native Fish Strategy program 2003-2013. The aim of the Demonstration Reach program is to improve these native fish populations using multiple river rehabilitation actions. Hollands Creek fish community Hollands […]
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0Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach
Established in 2009, the Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach (UMDR) is the youngest of the seven in the Basin but has steadily been gaining momentum in the region. Acknowledging that rivers and fish do not recognise linear boundaries, the UMDR was established to span 100 km over two jurisdictions between Bredbo (NSW) and Casuarina Sands (ACT). […]
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0Katfish Demonstration Reach
Katfish Reach is a community environmental rehabilitation project working for a healthier and more productive aquatic and floodplain ecosystem that everyone can enjoy.
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0Community groups work to revive cattie numbers
The future of the endangered native Eel-tail Catfish (Tandanus tandanus) is looking brighter after efforts by the Deniliquin community to reestablish Catfish populations in the Edward-Wakool system. Eel-tail Catfish were once prevalent in the Edward-Wakool river system, but are now considered almost locally extinct. The future of these fish within the Edward-Wakool system has been […]
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0Fish friendly flows in the central Murray
Natasha Childs runs through what is being done to keep fish happy in central Murray rivers. Rivers in the central Murray valley once teemed with native fish like Golden perch and Murray cod, both primary sources of food for Aboriginal people. These large-bodied fish were also abundant during the early days of European settlement, and […]