The Victorian Mulloway Tagging program, funded by the Victorian Fisheries Authority through Recreational Fishing License Fees, has now been running for three and half years. The program has received incredible support from a large number of anglers and has provided valuable new knowledge on the...
During the past month, I’ve been working alongside Becky Nevin Berger (Youth Development Planner) and Lauren Schneider (Coordinator of the Natural Environment team) at the Warrnambool City Council (WCC) to deliver an exciting youth climate change project. Funded through DELWP, Green Futures Now involves working...
On Sunday a couple of weeks ago, Lachie and I met with prospective volunteers at Walker Swamp for an initial ‘meet and greet’ afternoon. The event was held as part of the new Grampians citizen science monitoring program, funded by the Victorian Government through the...
We are in the early stages of developing a volunteer-based wetland monitoring program to learn more about the ecological responses of two restored wetland systems in the southern Grampians.The Walker, Gooseneck, and Brady Swamp wetland complex, and Green Swamp, have undergone significant hydrological changes over...
Over the summer months, Sheryl, Bryan, Jess, Taylah - along with students from Grant High School - have been exploring the wetlands at Mt Burr Swamp to obtain a better understanding of the aquatic fauna on the property. While the largest and most prominent wetland is...
Since the start of December last year, the Mulloway Tagging Program (funded by VFA through Recreational Fishing License Fees) has recorded thirteen new recaptures. One recaptured fish took me all the way back to December 2017, when Shane Murrell tagged a 66 cm Mulloway at...
During Mental Health week this year (12-16th October), I took the opportunity to stop and think about what has been a challenging time for us all. I have been reflecting on the incredible resilience people and communities have shown. People deal with adversity in different...
Since August, we have recorded nine additional Mulloway recaptures as part of our recreational tagging program. Following the recent heavy rain and flows, a local by the name of Mark Asplin was walking along the beach near Ocean Grove last Saturday when he spotted a...
Our fifth edition of the mulloway tagging newsletter is now available to download and read (also see below). While the first few months of the year were quiet in terms of recaptures (no doubt influenced by COVID related restrictions), June and July have seen 12...
The fourth edition of the Mulloway Tagging Newsletter is now available. Since the last edition in February 2019 we've seen an additional 198 fish tagged, bringing the total to just under 500. The majority of fish have been tagged from the Glenelg River (139 to...
