All posts tagged "Silver Perch"
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Victoria’s Newest Native Fisheries
Native fishing opportunities in Victoria are at an all time high as native fish are being stocked into a number of new waterways. Malmsbury, Coliban, Lauriston, Tullaroop and Barkers Creek Reservoirs and Lake Bellfield have been stocked with 120, 000...
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New Native Fish Hatchery Needed
VRFish, the peak body representing Victorian recreational fishers, is advocating for a purpose-built native fish hatchery to be built in northern Victoria as part of its election platform. In 2017/18, the Victorian Government stocked 5 million native fish to...
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Kings Billabong Stocking First
The very first stocking of native fish has taken place at Kings Billabong on the eastern outskirts of Mildura. VRFish Chairman, Rob Loats was on hand to help with the fish release along with Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford, Member for Northern...
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Silver Perch Going with the Flow
It is widely known that Murray-Darling Basin native fish use river flows as a cue for migration and spawning. Latest research into silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) by Victoria’s own Arthur Rylah Institute has uncovered that flows are also critical for larval and...
