Projects
Oolong Creek, NSW
Horden’s Lagoon, Lake Hume NSW
Tweed River, Northern NSW
Rocky Creek Lismore, NSW
Brunswick River, NSW
Manning River, NSW
Peel River – Tamworth, NSW
Coopers Creek, NSW
School House Creek – Nepean River, NSW
Hunter River, NSW
Boggy Creek and Tucki Tucki Creek, NSW
Lake Albert, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Murrumbidgee River, NSW
Deniliquin Lagoons, NSW
Lower Darling River Resnagging 2020, NSW
Bottle Bend, Mildura, NSW
Tarcutta Creek, NSW
Georges River, NSW
Driving Fish Habitat Action
In its first twelve months, the partnership has achieved close to one million dollars of habitat restoration work.
There’s now 14,300 more trees along NSW riverbanks that will provide shade and stable water temperatures, insect fall and eventually snags for fish. Sixty more snags in our rivers installed which will provide instant homes, shelter and food for fish, along with 30km of riverbank weeded, cleaned up and restored. Plus a trash rack stopping litter, eight engagement events, and a search for a lost fish in Sydney.
12 AUGUST 2021 | Community Planting Day set to revitalise fish habitat in Horden’s Lagoon
A new crop of native trees and plants are set to breathe new life into the banks of Horden’s Lagoon at Wirlinga as Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare Group and OzFish Unlimited prepare for an upcoming community planting day on Sunday August 22nd. Volunteers will meet at Horden’s Lagoon, Riverina Highway, Wirlinga at 9.30am and get their hands dirty planting native vegetation over three hours out on the field. The restoration will help stabilise banks, preventing erosion while also providing valuable habitat of aquatic wildlife and birdlife.
14 MAY 2021 | The power of partnership on show to help fisheries recover
Whether it be finding a lost Macquarie perch, dealing with plastic pollution, building fish hotels, bringing fish back into the backstreets of Sydney or opening ‘fish nightclubs’, local recreational fishers and Landcarers have been doing their part in restoring their local waterways across New South Wales. OzFish and Landcare groups have achieved 15 habitat restoration projects together since their partnership commenced in 2019 and its exactly what our fisheries need to recover and thrive.
30 NOVEMBER 2020 | Landcare and OzFish driving fish habitat improvements in NSW
OzFish and Landcare NSW partnership to deliver improved fish habitat in NSW has achieved close to one million dollars of habitat restoration work in its first twelve months. With an initial investment from the NSW Recreational Fishing Trusts of $200 000, the two groups have attracted an additional $330,000 cash investment and over $500,000 in-kind support into fish habitat restoration work for the state’s inland rivers and coastal waterways. The partnership focuses on local groups coming together to determine their waterway’s fish habitat needs and to take action to improve it. Under the expert guidance from the OzFish team, groups devised a range of projects including, re-snagging, trash racks, re-planting, fish monitoring, weeding, fencing and clean-ups.
8 AUGUST 2019 | OzFish and Landcare NSW launch new partnership
OzFish Unlimited and Landcare NSW are joining forces to drive collaboration across New South Wales that will empower local community members to improve Australia’s land and water habitats. Focusing on on-the-ground works to improve the health of fish habitats in their local rivers, the project partnership will enable OzFish chapters and local Landcare groups to work together to deliver river restoration projects. Landcare NSW CEO, Dr Adrian Zammit, said the partnership will provide additional support for Landcare groups to continue their work with river catchments
If you feel passionate about looking after your local waterway and want to play a part in helping to restore healthy habitats to support native fish and recreational fishing, get in touch with OzFish by calling 1800 431 308 or emailing info@ozfish.org.au.