Structurally complex fish habitats and coral reefs are in a state of steady decline, with much of the damage to high-quality habitat caused by human activity. Along the east coast of Australia, hard, vertical relief habitats such as oyster reefs, sub-tidal coral reefs and rocky outcrop reefs have … [Read more...]
Connecting estuaries to wetlands podcast
Catchment Solutions Senior Fisheries Ecologist, Matt Moore, who was recently interviewed by Greg Vinall of the Australian Lure Fishing Podcast, shared his knowledge on the importance of catchment connectivity and habitat availability to the sustainability of native fish populations. The … [Read more...]
Rocky Dam Catchment Fishway Monitoring 2020
In February 2020, Catchment Solutions conducted fishway monitoring at a cone-ramp fishway which provides fish passage between upper-tidal estuarine habitats and a significant wetlands complex, at Koumala in the Rocky Dam catchment south of Mackay. The wetlands are surrounded by an extensive earthen … [Read more...]
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Couldn’t commit to the Project Catalyst Annual Forum in Mackay? If you can’t be with us in person, then join us on Monday February 24 here, at LIVE STREAM IN 2020 The Project Catalyst Annual Forum 2020, will take sugarcane farming innovation to the next level. What have we learned from trials? … [Read more...]
2020 Project Catalyst Forum
The forum opens in just a few weeks on February 23. Here is the full program. … [Read more...]
Clews Road Fishway Construction, Murray Creek
In June 2019, the fish passage at the Clews Road causeway in upper Murray Creek, Mackay, was rehabilitated through the construction of a 10-ridge rock-ramp fishway. Mackay Regional Council undertook a full refurbishment of the entire causeway and as part of these works, incorporated and funded … [Read more...]
Bakers Creek Treatment Train Wetlands Fishway Construction
In June 2019, fish passage from the Bakers Creek estuary into the Bakers Creek treatment train wetlands was rehabilitated through the installation of a rock-ramp fishway. The treatment train wetlands located south of Mackay were constructed in 2014, to serve as a series of sediment and nutrient … [Read more...]
Landings Road Fishway
In June 2019, Catchment Solutions undertook a fish passage improvement project involving the repair of the Landings Road fishway which connects the upper estuarine reaches of Rocky Dam Creek (Rocky Dam catchment) to the Tedlands wetlands in Koumala, south of Mackay. The rock-ramp fishway at the … [Read more...]
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