Join the OzFish team down by the water and learn how to take part in the most exciting way to establish the health of your waterway or see if it’s changed following any harmful disturbances or habitat restoration work. You will also find out how to match the hatch by seeing which insects and bugs are available for fish to feed on in your waterway, so next time you head out fishing you can choose the best lures, baits, and flies!
What can waterbug monitoring can tell us about fish habitat?
Sit back and listen to John Gooderham’s expert insight into the important role waterbugs play in building healthy fish populations, how the resnagging and revegetation work OzFish achieves can be measured using waterbug monitoring, and how you can upload your own results and find historical waterbug data for your waterway.
Step 1 – Get Skilled
If your OzFish Chapter is interested in Waterbug Monitoring for your focus waterway, request a Waterbug Training Workshop with the OzFish team.
Step 2 – Get Your Gear
Order your Waterbug Monitoring kit which includes everything you’ll need to get started. Nets, picking and sorting trays, magnifying glasses, waterbug management tools (plastic spoons and pipettes), equipment cleaning tablets, and all in a neat carrybox to hold your equipment.
Step 3 – Download the app
Download the waterbug monitoring app and regularly use your new skills and kit to monitor waterbugs and show others in your Chapter too
Get In Touch
If you’d like to learn more about waterbug monitoring and how your OzFish Chapter can get involved please contact Cassie Price or your regional project manager.
This project was made possible by the OzFish-Landcare NSW partnership with funding support from the NSW Recreational Fishing Trusts and the National Waterbug Blitz team.
