Nick and other Aquasave staff at NGT, who specialise in our region's aquatic threatened species, have been doing a great job bringing attention to the plight of Yarra Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca obscura) in the lower Murray system, and highlighting what we need to do to...
As we’ve reached the 12 month mark for the project, I thought it would be timely to provide a brief update on the Mulloway tagging work. The 3-year project is funded through the Victorian Fisheries Authority, by Recreational Fishing License Fees and is investigating broad-scale...
[caption id="attachment_31391" align="alignleft" width="212"] Receiving my Fellowship from His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le.[/caption] As one of the nine South Australian Churchill Fellows awarded by The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust - AU in 2018, I attended a ceremony recently at Government House. The ceremony was hosted by the South...
The fabulous community event held at Strathalbyn on the Angas River - 'A river near you' by the Angas River Catchment Group and the Goolwa to Wellington LAP had a turn of exciting events with Sylvia Zukowski sampling a very healthy population of...
Back in April, we completed another round of fish monitoring in Long Swamp and the lower Glenelg River. Following the next round of monitoring in spring this year, we will have five years of seasonal data for the system, which is quite rare for ecological...
Many of us are aware of the critical importance of flow for streams and wetlands and that reduced flows will impact these ecosystems. Despite this, it is not always easy to find empirical evidence to support these general views. Nick has been working with staff from...
More than 450 people braved the hot and windy conditions to become citizen scientists during The Great Goolwa Cockle Challenge on Saturday. The mission was to find as many of the 2500 uniquely tagged cockles that were released prior to the event. In a great result,...
Over the past few weeks, Sheryl, Nicole and I have been busy running our ‘Fishing for the Future’ clinics, which form part of the Coastal Connections School Holidays program. The fishing clinics are funded through the Recreational Fishing Grants program by the South Australian Government...
Our new Mulloway Tagging Program is off to a great start, with four recaptures recorded already! For more information, you can read all about the latest information in our first Newsletter, available here Newsletter No. 1. [caption id="attachment_28801" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Kobi Rothall is one of our dedicated...
Over the past few weeks, I've has been hosting workshops with anglers across Victoria to kick off the new mulloway tagging project. The project is funded through the Victorian Fisheries Authority, by Recreational Fishing License Fees. The project aims to tag 2000 mulloway over the...
