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Catchment Solutions wants to keep you up to date with our latest projects, conferences, media appearances, published papers and of course, noteworthy news. Follow the links below to access all of this content.

Fishway monitoring at the fishladder Macs Wetlands. Rock ramp fishway sampling or Fishladder monitoring results where juvenile barramundi, giant herring, empire gudgeon, striped scat recorded by Catchment Solutions sampling fish past a fish barrier, Queensland, Australia.

Finding the Balance Ponded Pastures Part 3 of a 3 part series

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.

Marklands Station Ponded Pastures and Fishladder Access

Finding the Balance Ponded Pastures Part 2 of a 3 part series

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.

Marklands Station Ponded Pastures and Fishladder Access

Finding the Balance. Ponded Pastures Part 1 of a 3 part series

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.

Marklands Wetlands Field Day flyer

Creating Fish Habitats in Ponded Pasture

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.

Nursery slot empire gudgeon

Nursery Slot Fish Ladder, an innovative design

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.

Pyramid Reef Habitat Pioneer River Fish

Habitat Reef Modules making news in Mackay

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 FAD Bundaberg underwater

Pyramid Reef Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) deployed off the coast of Bundaberg

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.

Catchment Solutions joins SPAA

Catchment Solutions recently joined the Society of Precision Agriculture (SPAA) organisation in Australia.

Marklands Wetlands Field Day flyer

Barra and Beef Field Day 31st May 2022

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

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Project Catalyst launches its Facebook page

Follow Project Catalyst to promote your stories and watch the first of a new video series where we take you out in the paddock to our events, field days and presentations.

Collinsdale Significant Gully Erosion

Reef Trust Gully & Streambank Erosion Control Forum

Since 2017 Catchment Solutions has been working with the Australian Federal Government in the Reef Trust program rehabilitating gullies and streambanks to halt erosion and the subsequent sediment making its way to the Great Barrier Reef.

Fursden Creek new fishway monitoring

New Fursden Creek fishway leads to aquatic migration boom

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.

Pyramid Habitat Reef Module

Habitat Reef modules deployed in Mackay

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

Jaguar Cichlid pest fish caught in Mackay

Aggressive aquarium fish have been illegally let loose in the Pioneer river.

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

Project Catalyst coordinator Ross Neivandt presenting at a conference.

Harvesting Innovation in Sugarcane

Ross Neivandt presented an overview and conference paper that outlined the achievements and activities of Project Catalyst at the Australian Water Association’s Queensland state conference on the Sunshine Coast in November 2020.

Collinsdale Erosion Remediation Project

Catchment Solutions has successfully completed on-ground works at the Collinsdale erosion remediation…