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Murrumbidgee River, NSW

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.

Deniliquin Lagoons, NSW

The Deniliquin Lagoons Community Restoration Project is a state award winning (2015 Natural Environment Protection and Enhancement Award) project with multiple partners contributing to the ongoing management of the wetland system. The project is a community partnership project that has been running since 2010 and has seen all the lagoons drained and pest species removed, a recreational fishing park established, reshaping the banks and revegetating with wetland plants, and maintaining works.

Lower Darling River Resnagging 2020, NSW

The Lower Darling River is one of the outback’s most loved waterways and it’s home to many of our favourite native fish. Sadly, it has had a significant amount of instream fish habitat removed over the past 200 years which, in combination with other factors, has left fish populations vulnerable.

After the devastation of the 2019 Darling River fish kills, our native fish populations need the right river conditions to recover. Whilst this does mean the return of an appropriate flow regime, improved in-stream habitat will give fish a much needed helping

Wambuul Macquarie, NSW

The once-thriving native fish population within the Wambuul-Macquarie River, boasting species such as the Macquarie perch, Murray cod, silver perch, trout cod, and freshwater catfish, now faces a grim reality. Historic land clearing, invasive species, soil erosion, pollution, and other human-induced adversities have negatively impacted the river’s riparian zones.

Bottle Bend, Mildura 2021

The Sunraysia River Repair Bus have been undertaking weekly restoration projects within Bottle Bend Reserve alongside members of the committee. The activities have included weed removal, rubbish collection, scientific research with local schools and protecting indigenous artefacts.

Bottle Bend, Mildura, NSW

Supplementary projects that have valued added to the year one Landcare NSW/OzFish riparian fencing have included increasing the riparian fence to cover more area, pest reduction activities, signage, and cultural heritage protection.

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Tarcutta Creek Restoration 2020

Tarcutta Creek is a southern tributary of the Murrumbidgee River Catchment had suffered for years. It was when the eroding banks significantly reduced the remaining fish habitat by undermining the overhanging bank vegetation and smothering snags and microhabitats nearby with sediment that OzFish Wagga Chapter wanted to help.

Tarcutta Creek, NSW

Pimp My Jetty – Peel-Harvey WA

OzFish’s innovative ‘Pimp My Jetty’ program is helping to return shellfish habitat to the Peel-Harvey estuary, near Mandurah in Western Australia and address an important ecological challenge. The project brings together recreational fisher volunteers and the local community to restore healthy habitat that supports native fish and benefits all.

Potterwalkagee Creek, Murray River, VIC

In 2020 OzFish volunteers set out to extensively habitat map Potterwalkagee Creek to better inform future restoration activities. Wetlands and creek systems are one of the most productive environments within the Murray Darling Basin, as they provide essential breeding and foraging habitat for a variety of aquatic species. The results indicated that there is a significantly greater abundance and biomass of woody habitats in the upper sections of Potterwalkagee Creek compared to

Murray River, VIC

Native fish will soon have more areas to rest, shelter, breed and feed with a re-snagging project in the Murray River by OzFish Unlimited Sunraysia Chapter.
Dozens of snags of various shapes have been placed into the Red Cliffs reach of the lower Murray restoring a stretch of habitat more than one and a half kilometres long.

Macquarie River, NSW

Like many of our major rivers and lakes, the Macquarie River in NSW is drying out and our native fish are in desperate need of our help to survive.

A major fish rescue being driven by recreational fishing volunteers from Dubbo’s Inland Waterways OzFish Chapter in partnership with NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries (DPI) was completed to prevent further fish kills.

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