Kids get into fish conservation for Sustainability Day

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 water.

Over 500 of the endangered Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon were released into the wetlands late last year and surveys with students showed that the fish were not only persisting but also breeding and flourishing in their new home, with both adults and juveniles sampled.

The fish bred in these wetlands will be used for wild releases back to their former homes including the Finniss River and other wild locations this spring and summer.

This is part of the Big Little Fish project, funded by the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board and Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board.