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Manning River, NSW

Trees for fish

OzFish Unlimited has partnered with Manning Landcare and private landowners on the Manning River to improve native fish habitat by planting trees on the riverbank.

The project site is about 13 kilometres upstream from Taree near where Burrell Creek meets the Manning. Weed removal and planting of 400 native trees along the riverbank has occurred and is expected to help restore the fish habitat.

The next stage of the project will increase the coverage of native vegetation, with more weeds removed further enhancing the natural biodiversity of the site. Invasive weeds will often outcompete native plants along Australia’s waterways preventing or slowing the natural biodiversity recovery potential along rivers and creeks.

Peel River – Tamworth, NSW

Caring for the Peel

OzFish Northwest Chapter will work alongside Tamworth Regional Landcare Association to replant the western bank of the Peel River from Jewry St Bridge to beginning of Wallamore Annabranch.

The area encompassing Jewry St weir and kayak launch area and confluence of Barnes Gully and Peel river, regularly used by recreational fishers and the general public, will have weeds removed and 1800+ native trees planted in their place. Fishos and the community are encouraged to be involved in planting and caring for this stretch of their local river. The fish will soon be enjoying clearer water, more shade and more insects falling for their lunch.

Port River Shellfish Restoration, Adelaide – SA

OzFish volunteers and members of the local community set out to take steps to begin the return of thriving shellfish reefs to the Port River estuary. This built on previous successful trials by the Estuary Care Foundation to return native flat oysters to the waterway.

Cattai Creek, NSW

OzFish has planted more than 1,000 native grasses, shrubs and trees to combat riverbank erosion and create healthy habitat for native fish and wildlife, including the platypus.

The project is part of OzFish’s Driving Fish Habitat Action partnership with Landcare NSW, with funding support from Recreational Fishing Trusts, Creating Canopies and BCF – Boating, Camping, Fishing.

Mehi River, NSW

The Mehi and adjacent Gwydir catchment areas cover more than 27,000 square kilometres and contain waterways that are in need of urgent restoration. OzFish is working with Moree Urban Landcare, as part of its partnership with Landcare NSW, to rebuild native fish numbers and engage the local community in restoration activities.

School House Creek – Nepean River, NSW

OzFish Hawkesbury-Nepean Chapter in partnership with Hawkesbury-Nepean Landcare Network are replanting the riparian vegetation and stabilising a section of creek bank and improve fish habitat along part of School House Creek. This area is typically River Flat Eucalypt Forest, it contains suitable habitat for fish, it is directly connected to the Nepean River and downstream from Glenmore Loch. There will be opportunities to collect data on local macroinvertebrate species and water quality at the creek.

Hunter River, NSW

OzFish Hunter River Chapter are working together with Lower Hunter Landcare to restore the riparian vegetation of 500m of Hunter River bank, removing the problematic Balloon Vine and replacing weeds with a corridor of native vegetation set to provide shade, insects and habitat for the fish in this reach.

Boggy Creek and Tucki Tucki Creek, NSW

OzFish Unlimited has partnered with Tregeagle Landcare and private landowners on Boggy Creek, tributary of Tucki Tucki Creek which flows into the far-famed Tuckean Swamp. OzFish are working on several ways to improve native fish habitat in the area, including planting trees on the creek bank.
The project site is about 9 kilometres upstream from Tuckean Swamp near Tregeagle. Weed removal and planting of 3000 native trees along the riverbank has restored Australian Bass and other fish habitat. Funding for the works were provided by BCF – Boating Camping, Fishing and Lismore City Council through their Rural Landholder Initiative.

A man sitting in a boat holding a mid-sized fish in both hands

Burrill Lake, NSW

This citizen science project aims to better understand the flow-on benefits of habitat restoration for fish and recreational fishers at Burrill Lake.

Bundjalung National Park, NSW

Wetland wonders

OzFish and Landcare Australia has given a leg up for a little-known endangered fish in Northern NSW, the Oxleyan Pygmy Perch (OPP), which had its home impacted by the catastrophic 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires in Northern New South Wales.

Murrumbidgee River Restoration 2021

In a first for Leeton, essential fish habitat in the Murrumbidgee River was recently installed providing vital habitat for native fish.
Volunteers from OzFish and Murrumbidgee Landcare worked together to raise funds and plan and install eight giant snags and several smaller ones.

Paul Smith, OzFish Chapter President said, “over the past twenty years, there has been a great deal of restocking, but little has been done in the way of creating the necessary habitat for these fingerlings.

Murrumbidgee River 2022

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