To recognise the strong focus of Aquasave on native fish conservation, the NGT website now has a dedicated section (accessed from the "our work" tab on the homepage), which includes: an online version of the Action Plan for SA Freshwater Fishes specific areas of focus such as the...
[caption id="attachment_4869" align="alignright" width="300"] One of the few variegated pygmy perch sampled in Dec 2013[/caption] Recent condition monitoring – funded by DEWNR – has highlighted some (more) concerns for the South Australian populations of Glenelg Spiny Crayfish and the small-bodied native fish species, variegated pygmy perch....
The publications page of our website has recently been updated! The page now includes details of publications produced since the formation of NGT (2011 to present) as well as relevant earlier ones by staff members. Some of these publications are linked to the document and we will continue to...
I recently undertook a fish survey – for DEWNR, funded through the Australian Government – across the Piccaninnie Ponds system (following on from annual sampling in 2011, 2012). The survey assessed the status of fish species across the diverse range of habitats and, specifically, explored...
[caption id="attachment_3736" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Sunrise viewed from Goolwa Wharf across the River Murray, with the Hindmarsh Island Bridge spanning the water, 2013[/caption] As many of you know, the ABC weather segment each night features a photo submitted by viewers and I recently had this photo published - a sunrise...
The Lower Lakes and Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges (EMLR) regions harbour a diverse and unique native fish community. Yet, as the recent millennium drought intensified (over 2007 to 2010), significantly diminished freshwater inflows and critical water shortages placed these regions on the verge of ecological collapse. Over...
[caption id="attachment_3556" align="alignleft" width="300"] NGT"s Craig Kemp showing community members the fish[/caption] A community field day - organised and funded by the Goolwa to Wellington LAP (GWLAP) as part of a broader Biodiversity Fund restoration project - on the weekend assessed the status of river blackfish...
The preliminary outcomes of our spiny crayfish genetics project (funded by Friends of Mt Gambier Area Parks and Norman Wettenhall Foundation) have recently been published (a copy of the paper is attached here). The main focus of the paper was to document genetic markers that will...
The three rounds of threatened fish reintroductions to the Lower Lakes [a collaboration between Aquasave - NGT and SARDI (Chris Bice) as part of the Critical Fish Project Critical Fish Project funded by the CLLMM group of DEWNR] has just been completed. During this round, Chris and...
I recently gave a presentation entitled 'Pricklybacks on the brink: an updated assessment of Glenelg Spiny Crayfish within rising-spring habitats of the south east of South Australia' at the 51st Australian Society for Limnology (ASL) conference in Armidale. It was a great opportunity to highlight the plight of the...
