Fish conservation

NGT features in the latest edition of From the Ground Up

Posted at 14 Mar 2014 at 12:37h in Community Biodiversity Events 2014, Cross-border Community Events Calendar, Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve, Fish conservation by Mark Bachmann

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The Autumn edition of From the Ground Up has just hit PO Boxes in the South East, and features a few stories involving NGT. Just in case you don't have a copy, you can download the relevant pages (FTGU Autumn 2014 - Crays, FTGU Autumn 2014 -...

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Continued work on the mighty Murray crayfish

Posted at 06 Mar 2014 at 03:16h in Fish conservation, Murray crayfish by Nick Whiterod

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The Murray crayfish is the world's second largest freshwater crayfish - a species that naturally occurs across the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The species is closely related to the Glenelg Spiny Crayfish and faces similar threats to long-term viability. Both species have undergone considerable declines in distribution...

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Threatened fish persisting around the Lower Lakes

Posted at 19 Feb 2014 at 18:20h in Fish conservation, Lower Lakes by Nick Whiterod

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Chris Bice (SARDI) and I recently undertook monitoring of threatened fish communities around the Lower Lakes, as part of a project funded by the CLLMM group of DEWNR (as part of the SA Governments Murray Futures program and the Australian Governments Water for the Future...

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Native fish conservation section now on the NGT website

Posted at 19 Feb 2014 at 18:19h in Fish conservation by Nick Whiterod

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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...

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The role of genetic science in classifying species

Posted at 07 Feb 2014 at 15:06h in Fish conservation, News by Mark Bachmann

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Scientists are increasingly relying on genetic studies to help them correctly describe and classify species. Sometimes genetic analysis techniques are used as a way of ensuring that a newly discovered population of a species is correctly assigned, but wider studies are also increasingly being used...

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Continued decline of native fish and crayfish populations in Lower South East

Posted at 07 Feb 2014 at 15:06h in Fish conservation by Nick Whiterod

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[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....

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Native Fish News from ANGFA

Posted at 31 Jan 2014 at 13:27h in Fish conservation, Long Swamp, Media, News by Mark Bachmann

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As you may know, NGT has a strong interest in wetland and waterway conservation and management, and we have particular focus on, and expertise in, the conservation of native freshwater fish (via our Aquasave work). Not only are many species of native freshwater fish threatened...

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Recent fish survey of the Piccaninnie Ponds system

Posted at 04 Nov 2013 at 13:05h in Fish conservation, Piccaninnie Ponds by Nick Whiterod

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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...

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Conserving native fish during the millennium drought

Posted at 20 Sep 2013 at 13:42h in Fish conservation, News by Nick Whiterod

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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...

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