Last month we let you know that the feasibility of restoration at Lake Hawdon North, near Robe SA, is being investigated through the Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin program, and that NGT has designed baseline ecological monitoring for the project.Well, this month, monitoring got underway...
Yarra Pygmy Perch, a small bodied freshwater native fish, is thought to be extinct in the wild in the Murray Darling Basin in South Australia, and is severely restricted in the lower South East of SA. Fortunately, a number of back-up populations were established by...
As long time readers of the Nature Glenelg Trust newsletter will know, a significant focus for our organisation is freshwater species conservation and research. These activities have been conducted under our 'Aquasave-NGT' banner since mid-2012, and continue the legacy of high quality aquatic research commenced...
Australia is home to approximately 280 species of freshwater fish, many of which occur nowhere else on the plant. Yet, many Australian freshwater fish are at risk of extinction from a range of threats, with the unprecedented summer bushfires of 2019‒20 posing considerable impact most...
The Great Goolwa Cockle Challenge aims to engage and educate recreational fishers and the wider community whilst promoting the Goolwa Cockle and our coastal environment: A video has been produced showcasing this iconic species, including Indigenous, ecological, research and social aspects. Please take a look...
Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon, once thought to be regionally extinct, were found in Third Reedy and Middle Reedy Lakes near Kerang, Victoria in 2019. Recently, a collaborative team of stakeholders including Aquasave-NGT ecologists collected 25 fish from the wild to begin an exciting breeding and reintroduction...
There has been a hive of activity at Oaklands Wetland (south of Adelaide, SA) over the past month with introduced fish management in full swing. The ten ponds of the wetland system were drained down and then further pumped out in early April by the...
The weather was perfect and the year 5's at Investigator College were excited to be fish ecologists at Currency Creek for the day. Students had the opportunity to undertake fish and turtle surveys using fyke nets and water quality monitoring with Sylvia from Aquasave-NGT. A...
With the assistance of private landholders, an endangered small bodied native fish species has been given a chance to rebuild populations numbers in the wild. Dams and wetlands on private property have been used to house and breed numbers of these fish to be released...
Urrbrae High School and Alberton Primary School students have been doing something very cool - breeding Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeon! The schools are working with Aquasave-NGT and the Department of Environment and Water with funding from Australian Government National Landcare to manage a hatchery and...
