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...]