[caption id="attachment_13670" align="alignleft" width="300"] Representatives from Fisheries Victoria, local fishers and Sylvia (third from right) at the Nagambie fisher forum[/caption] Last week, we attended Fisheries Victoria fisher forums at Wodonga and Nagambie, which are part of a series of forums held across the state to get input...
Following on from recent recapture of southern purple-spotted gudgeon at the original lower Murray rediscovery site, the short documentary on the species will air on ABC2 tonight (Friday 13th) night just after 10:00pm as part of the 'Second Chance' documentary series. The documentary, by Alison Rogers of Living Stories, details...
[caption id="attachment_11168" align="alignright" width="300"] Sylvia counting fish, with a little help from her friends.[/caption] We recently completed an autumn round of fish sampling of the Torrens River with over 17,000 fish across 11 species recorded. The catch was again dominated by freshwater generalists and introduced species,...
[caption id="attachment_11154" align="alignleft" width="225"] Fun at Wild Wetlands Day[/caption] Wild Wetlands Day was held at the beautiful Riverglades Wetlands at Murray Bridge on Saturday 18 April. There were more than 250 people through the door and the organisers have received overwhelming positive feedback from those who attended. The...
The large ambush predator Murray cod is an iconic freshwater fish species of the Murray-Darling Basin and was the focus of a couple of interesting features this week. Firstly, a video by a recreational fisher captured a large Murray cod (over one metre) guarding its eggs (that white mass on the...
Through our work we get to experience some interesting and unusual things. I had the pleasure (or not depending on how you look at it) to stumble across a red-bellied black snake and a brown snake locked in battle (see footage here, note 25MB). I would have to give...
This month focuses on spangled perch Leiopotherapon unicolor [caption id="attachment_9603" align="alignleft" width="399"] Spangled perch (Gunther Schmida)[/caption] Spangled perch is a hardy and tolerant species considered to be the most widely distributed freshwater fish in Australia, ocurring across much of northern Australia, including the western and northern...
To celebrate World Wetlands Day, the Lakes Hub, DEWNR and the Alexandrina Council are hosting the 'Coorong and Lower Lakes Environment Forum' on Friday 30th January 2015. The re-commencement of dredging at the Murray mouth highlights the many issues presently facing this iconic region. In terms of...
[caption id="attachment_9731" align="alignleft" width="300"] Parnka Point, Coorong (Photo: N. Whiterod)[/caption] Photo of Parnka Point on the Coorong by Aquasave - NGT's Nick Whiterod You can see previous photos of the week here....
In recognition of the amazing diversity of plants and animals in Australia, some of which we have the fortunate opportunity to study and help conserve, we have introduced a 'species of the month' blog. Fittingly we kick off with NGT's logo, the ancient greenling Hemiphlebia mirabilis [caption id="attachment_9615" align="alignleft"...
