On a glorious sunny July day, NGT, together with the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board and River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation had the pleasure of undertaking the fourth year of Murray Crayfish releases into the SA reintroduction reach of the River Murray. Two...
For the first time, a group of researchers from NGT, Adelaide University, CSIRO, University of Tasmania and Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLMM) Research Centre have produced credible age estimates for the nationally Vulnerable Southern Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca australis). The age estimates are made...
Over 550 juvenile (10-month-old) Murray Crayfish, raised in captivity at the NGT hatchery, were released to the SA reintroduction reach of the Murray River this month. This iconic species was locally extinct in South Australia for about 40 years until we released the first...
Students enjoyed an up close and personal fishy experience on Sustainability Day at Goolwa Secondary College this month. The wetlands at the school have been transformed into lovely threatened fish surrogate habitats with aquatic and edge vegetation planted, and wood and rocks placed into the...
During our recent Mount Lofty Ranges fish sampling, aquatic ecologists Matt and Cory sampled a lone Short-finned Eel (Anguilla australis) in the Inman River, Inman Valley SA. This species of eel has not been sampled in this river in the past, so it is exciting...
The Mount Lofty Ranges fish surveys are in full swing. NGT surveys over 160 sites throughout the Mount Lofty Ranges annually in autumn. These surveys provide critical information that feeds into Water Action Plans for local Landscape Boards and guides future conservation and management actions....
River Blackfish in the Mount Lofty Ranges have experienced significant declines in number and distribution, and are fully protected in South Australia. Their declines are attributed to alien fish species, habitat modification, and less water at their sites. Recently, some River Blackfish sites in the...
December was a VERY big month for South Australian based NGT staff, releasing threatened fish into wild and new surrogate sites in SA as part of the Big Little Fish (BLF) project. Originally called the 'Big (Little) 4', it was started to save four small-bodied...
Fish do not know state borders. Thus sharing information, managing projects and working together between states provides the best future for our threatened small bodied freshwater fish species. Last week the annual Tri-state Wetland Warriors Fish Science Forum was held in Mildura. So, NGT had...
As part of the Nature Festival this year, community assembled on the banks of Adelaide's River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari at Breakout Creek. They were there to learn about the river, native fish and aquatic plants, and get some real hands-on experience. Waders were donned...
