Recent fishway monitoring across the 2015/16 wet season has revealed some interesting results with a high abundance and diversity of juvenile fish species recorded successfully ascending the regions fishways (Figure 1). Fishway trap monitoring was undertaken on Lagoons and Fursden creeks within the … [Read more...]
Fish on the move
Recent fishway monitoring has revealed fish are well and truly on the move in the Mackay-Whitsunday region, with fish flying through our rivers and estuaries at a rate of more than 400 fish per hour. Juvenile fish making their way upstream have excited local scientists, who have been working to … [Read more...]
Baby barra boost economy
Following recent fishway monitoring in the Mackay-Whitsunday region, sampling on Boundary Creek in the Rocky Dam Creek Catchment in Koumala has revealed juvenile barramundi as small as 43 mm were successfully ascending the fishway. Catchment Solutions aquatic ecologist, Matt Moore, … [Read more...]
Upcoming Projects
Stormwater monitoring in the Mackay urban environment – assess water quality across a range on urban environments, including: Performance of WSUD structures; Urban land management practices; General catchment sites; and Urban ABCD management framework and development … [Read more...]
Mackay region harvests first commercial-scale rice crop, grown on sugar farm
After a decade of research and trials, harvesting has taken place on the first commercial rice crop near Palmyra in the Mackay region. Aerobically grown rice rather than a flooded paddy will give cane growers in the region a new source of income. The crop of the doongara rice variety covered … [Read more...]