OzFish Manning River Chapter is working with local Landcare groups, Mid Coast Council and Hunter Local Land Services to stabilise 750 metres of the Lansdowne Riverbank and revive 3 hectares of mangrove and saltmarsh habitat along Tappin Creek.
Located on private land along Emigrant Creek, we are continuing the collective effort to restore the riparian zone, improve fish habitat and prevent bank erosion and turbid water, by restoring another 2km stretch of riverbank.
Emigrant Creek is a popular fishing location that is abundant in both estuarine and freshwater species. This location is important for the migration of Australian bass and their spawning success.
OzFish Tamworth Chapter has been working with members of the local community to remove invasive weeds from a 2km stretch of the creek and improve the habitat for native fish species.
The OzFish Hunter Chapter are working in collaboration with Lake Macquarie Landcare Volunteer Network, Bahtabah Local Aboriginal Land Council and Lake Macquarie City Council to rehabilitate Salt Bay and Black Neds Bay. The project will plant 1,200 native species
Located on private land along Emigrant Creek, we are continuing the collective effort to restore the riparian zone, improve fish habitat and prevent bank erosion and turbid water, by restoring another 2km stretch of riverbank.
Emigrant Creek is a popular fishing location that is abundant in both estuarine and freshwater species. This location is important for the migration of Australian bass and their spawning success.
At the end of 2019, bushfires ravaged the Tenterfield area and a following rain event saw chemical, ash and sediment impact the water quality of Tenterfield Creek damaging the habitat of the southern purple spotted gudgeon. OzFish Unlimited and Landcare Australia got together through the Restoring Fish Habitat in Bushfire Affected Areas project to return this precious habitat and water quality issue back to a healthy functioning ecosystem.
Fish habitat in the Gywdir, Mehi and surrounding waterways will have the support of an OzFish River Repair Bus based in Moree. The River Repair Buses are a truly unique initiative that will undertake weekly activities together with volunteers, landholders, Landcarers and traditional owners to collect rubbish, undertake weed removal, revegetate waterways, and improve instream habitat across the region.
The Black Summer Bushfires of 2019-20 ravaged the east coast of Australia at an unprecedented scale and ferocity and was followed by high rainfall, dealing our precious and unique waterways with a devastating blow. Waterway Fire Science Project is a citizen science initiative in NSW which will determine how our waterways, fish habitat, and fish populations are recovering following the impact of bushfires.
n 2020 and 2022, OzFish Wagga Wagga utilised the best-practice riverbank stabilisation techniques to restore the eroded bank and habitat loss in Tarcutta Creek. OzFish Wagga Wagga is now moving into stage three of their fish habitat restoration efforts at Tarcutta Creek, by installing 200 tonnes of rock and 15 woody habitat.
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