Weather & Environment

Golden Perch

Darling River Fish Kill 2019 – What has happened?

10/01/2019

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Again I’m sitting down to write about yet another fish kill… but unfortunately this one is very different and much worse! We are currently witnessing the destruction of our environment, due to one of the largest injustices in water management in Australia, and this has been going on for years with very little water, if […]

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Weather & Environment

The Weather Effect Pt 2 – Cloud Cover

18/04/2018

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Cloud cover or overcast weather is the point of focus for this second article in ‘The Weather Effect’ series. If you missed the first article on ‘Barometric Pressure’ I highly recommend you read that first, as it explains in detail how the air pressure affects fish behaviour. (1358)

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Golden Perch

Rise & Fall: The Effect of Impoundment Levels on Native Fish

09/05/2017

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Over the last decade we have seen a huge shift in water management due to large volumes of water that wasn’t around during the drought. Back between the year 2000 and 2010 our waterways were low, bare and looking very sad. The water levels in the impoundments (1372)

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Weather & Environment

2016 Fish Kill – Find out the reason behind the devastating fish kill

23/01/2017

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Picture above credit: Andy Wise The end of 2016 saw one of the worst Blackwater events unfold in the Murray Darling Basin. Throughout winter, New South Wales and Victoria were smashed by huge amounts of rain week after week. (4968)

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Weather & Environment

What are Environmental Flows?

23/01/2017

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Environmental Water (also known as E-Water or E-Flows) are releases of water from the large impoundments that flow down the rivers or is diverted to specific areas within a catchment (like billabongs, or flood runners) to benefit the ecosystem. These e-flows are targeted to preserve the health of wetlands and billabongs, and often the river […]

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Weather & Environment

What is Blackwater?

23/01/2017

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Picture above credit: Iain Ellis – Fisheries Blackwater is water that picks up carbon in the form of plant matter (leaves, grass and bark), animal faeces and other organic matter from a floodplain which dissolves, turning (985)

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Tips & Techniques

Water Run Off – Do Fish Feed After Heavy Rains?

13/05/2016

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The past week has seen the south east of the country battered by solid but much needed rains. The landscape was looking dry and sad in South Eastern NSW but this rain will bring life back to the land. As irrigation season has finished the rivers were beginning to fish (5668)

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Weather & Environment

The Weather Effect Pt 1 – Barometric Pressure

01/12/2015

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Have you ever heard of the good old saying, “1020 the fish are plenty”? If you are unsure of the meaning to this phrase, it is referring to the link between the barometric pressure and the feeding pattern of fish. (25858)

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