Fisheries & Aquatic Ecosystems

Part 3 of this 3 part series discusses how we measure success by monitoring the fishladders and wetlands for fish species abundance and growth rates.

For more than 50 years coastal graziers have valued ponded pasture for its capacity to provide stock feed in the dryer months. Jason Bradford, a generational farmer, is working with a local NRM, Reef Catchments, and the fisheries ecologists at Catchment Solutions to return the balance between grazing and native species habitat.

For more than 50 years coastal graziers have valued ponded pasture for its capacity to provide stock feed in the dryer months. Jason Bradford, a generational farmer, is working with a local NRM, Reef Catchments, and the fisheries ecologists at Catchment Solutions to return the balance between grazing and native species habitat.

A very interesting documentary video (link below) detailing the implementation of fisheries improvement works on agricultural land which increase fisheries productivity within ponded pastures. Discusses the use of fish ladders, refuge pools and grazing best management practices.

Catchment Solutions has developed an innovative nursery slot design for their rock ramp fishways or fish ladders. The first of these has been constructed at the Macs Wetlands site just south of Mackay and will be monitored in the coming spawning season to measure its effectiveness.

Channel 7 Mackay recently ran a story featuring the Habitat Reef Modules designed monitored by Catchment Solutions and deployed by the Mackay Regional Council.

Pyramid Reef fish aggregating devices (FADs) designed by Catchment Solutions and deployed by Fisheries Queensland showed an increase in the number of fish and variety of species in recent monitoring.

Do you own or manage Ponded Pastures or Coastal Wetlands? This field day might be of interest….

Fish migration along the Fursden Creek at Mackay has increased by more than 800 per cent, thanks to $74,000 worth of innovative remediation works managed by the Department of Environment and Science (DES) and delivered by Catchment Solutions.

Fantastic to finally see the Habitat Reef modules being deployed at the base of 3 fishing platforms in the Pioneer River estuary in Mackay.

7 News Mackay recently ran this report on the pest fish establishing in Mackay.

A state of steady decline Structurally complex fish habitats and coral reefs…

Catchment Solutions Senior Fisheries Ecologist, Matt Moore, who was recently interviewed by…

In February 2020, Catchment Solutions conducted fishway monitoring at a cone-ramp fishway…

In June 2019, the fish passage at the Clews Road causeway in…

In June 2019, fish passage from the Bakers Creek estuary into the…