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Restoring Our Waterways

CROAKERNewsletter

Diane Farmer

Co-ordinator,

WSN Restoring Our Waterways

PO Box 772

Wangaratta Vic 3677

[email protected]

0439020448

Contents

Pg. 2. Macquarie Perch Fingerling release.

Pg. 3 & 4 AROUND THE TRAPS- WATERWATCH,

NECMA Flood Mapping Event, Keeping

Updated with WSNs Carp removal programby

Kelvin Berry & Australia Day Event

Pgs. 5 & 6 DELWP information Re-establishing

Macquarie Perch in the Ovens

Pg. 7 RCOWsEnviro Events Calendar 2016

Pg. 8 Events WSN-ROW -Clean Up Australia Event

Pg. 9. Sponsors & Supporters & Membership

FEBURARY 2016 Issue # 43

to the first Croaker Newsletter for 2016.

I hope the New Year has lifted your spirits

and you are looking forward to a year of new, exciting and our annual

events. The release of Macquarieperch fingerlings into the 4 areas on

the Ovens River between Wangaratta and Myrtleford occurredon Friday

22ndJanuary, followed by Australia Day Celebrations. In February I will

be attending the Rural City of Wangarattas

leadership program and back into doing

WATERWATCH at the White Street Bridgealong One Mile Creek. Dr Scott Raymond

and his crew from the Arthur Rylah Institute

will be up early February to do some Electro fishing to monitornative

fish populations and also remove carp with the assistance of

Wangaratta Sustainability Network volunteers. Then its time for

WSN-ROWS Clean Up Australia Dayon Sunday 6th March along

One Mile Creek. The RCOWs CUA will be on Tuesday March 1st

along the One Mile Creek from Cribbes Road to

the Vincent Road Bridge with a guided walk as theygo. Meet 6.00pm at the Yarrunga Scout Hall. Pizza

is on the menu and you can also win prizes in what

will be a fun night and I hope to get there.

There are some funding grants open at the moment and WSN will seek

funding to undertake some new environmental projects on local

waterways, so lets hope we receive some favourable results.

Enjoy you r read

Welcome
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Macquarie Perch Fingerling Release, Friday 22ndJanuary 2016

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning's (DELWP)

Senior Biodiversity Officer, Glen Johnson,

said:

"In a joint effort with community volunteers

including members of Wangaratta

Sustainability Network, we released

around 6400 Macquarie Perch fingerlings

today into the Ovens River between

Wangaratta and Myrtleford.

"The fingerlings were bred by Fisheries Victoria at the Snob's Creek Fish

Hatchery, with the breeding program funded by recreational fishing licence fees

and the State Government's Target One Million plan.

"These stockings value add to and form part of a broader five-year collaborative

program to re-establish a self-sustaining Macquarie Perch population in the

Ovens catchment.

"Future releases are planned in May this year involving the direct translocation of adult fish from the healthy

Dartmouth Dam population to be released to create a multi-age population and kick start natural breeding

and species growth.

"During the past three years, more than 60,000 fingerlings have been stocked and

700 juvenile to adult fish, collected and translocated from Dartmouth Dam have

been released into the Ovens

"DELWP plan to undertake electro-fishing surveys in a few months to help

determine the survival and spread of stocking fingerlings and translocated adults,

clarify which technique is working best and identify whether translocated adults have

already bred and recruited new fish naturally into the population.

"Other works will also include re-snagging to provide critical large aquatic habitat for native fish and the

Wangaratta Sustainability Network's ongoing Carp control program.

"This project is jointly funded through DELWP Hume Region, the Victorian Governments ThreatenedSpecies Protection Initiative, recreational fishing licence fees and the Target One Million Plan, and the

Australian Governments National Landcare Program."


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AROUND THE TRAPS

WATERWATCH

Wednesday 20thJanuary 2016 at Kaluna Park

It was a catch up and a little re-

training with Vanessa Thompson from

NECMA, Gill Baker WSN, Sophie

and Adele from the Rural City of

Wangarattas Environment Team. If

you are interested in joining and

monitoring a site along our waterways

contact NECMA on 02-60437600

I also registered the site I am going to monitor this year just near the White Street

Bridge along One Mile Creek and at the moment it is not a beautiful site.

FLOOD MAPPING WITH NECMA

Tuesday 19thJanuary 2016

This was a very interesting drop in session all about obtaining data from community members in

order to update flood mapping. For further information see an article that was in the Chronicle

Monday 25thJan page 3. We spotted a possum out mid-day trying to cool off from a sprinklerwatering under the tree.

KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH WSNS CARP REMOVAL PROGRAMby Kelvin Berry.

FYKE NETSFisheries Victoria have granted WSN a permit touse fyke nets and fish cages designed by ARI inthe Ovens and King Rivers and surroundingWetlands, Billabongs and Creeks & Tributaries .

The nets and cages will soon be put into action

with the assistance of some of our volunteers andunder the supervision. All Carp will betransported to NutriSoil for recycling.


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CARP HERPES VIRUS

The research into this virus has been very extensive tested and has proven to be safe for ourNative fish. A 17 page CSIRO blog paper. Dr Ken McColl was released on 13 January titledUsing herpes virus to eradicate feral fish? Carp Diem!

Use the following links or Google search to access the report and other relevant information.

Using herpes virus to eradicate feral fish? Carp diem!:

CSIRO Blog

PestSmart Connect page

IA CRC research page

You can also contact me as I have a number of hard copies of the report.

There will be a strategy meeting with all regulatory bodies and scientist on the 4thMarch 2016 atthe Latrobe Conference centre..At a recent meeting, Native Fish Victoria tabled submissions to changebag limits for yellow bellyin streams and lakes and also closing streams in prolific breeding periods.

GOOD NEWS.

Carp have been self-destructing in some waterways due to very hot weather, low water flows and

a lack of oxygen. This was particularly noticeable in the Broken Creek and a number ofbillabongs. I encourage you to use the Feral Fish Scan website for significant sightings of carp.

Kelvin BerryWSN Fishing Coordinator0407805670 or [email protected]

AUSTRALIA DAY EVENT in King George Gardens Tuesday 26th

January 2016

A great day and lots of members of ourcommunity were in attendance.

Congratulations go to Marg Pullen on

receiving an Order of Australia OAM,

also to Anne Shaw for winning the

RCOW Citizen of the Year 2016 and to

all the other winners.

Greg Evans was this years Ambassador.
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EVENTS

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Thank you to Diane Farmer and Joshua Newth for putting this Croaker together, Tim McCurdysoffice and our sponsors and supporters.

WSN INFORMATION

For more information contact:

Dr Rowan OHagan Secretary

PO Box 772

Wangaratta Vic 3676

12 Deakin Court

Wangaratta VIC 3677Phone (03) 5721 8231

[email protected]

www.wangarattasustainability.org

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