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Gaining some mussels – New developments in Glenelg Freshwater Mussel breeding

By Lucy Stuart October 31, 2023

Due to some heavy lifting by the Arthur Rylah Institute (ARI) captive breeding of the critically endangered Glenelg Freshwater Mussels (Hyridella glenelgensis) is being trialled for the first time. All bad puns aside, this important work ultimately aims to help recover the mussels and prevent their extinction. Four Glenelg Freshwater Mussels. Source: Tim Fernando Mussel

“People making fish happen” – what makes fish recovery actions successful?

By Lucy Stuart July 26, 2023

Here at Finterest, our work revolves around the recovery of our precious native fish, which are an invaluable cultural, ecological, social, and environmental resource. We do it because it’s important, and because we love it. And if you’re reading this, you probably love it too. At the Native Fish Forum in Dubbo this year, I

Searching for the Ghost Fish

By Peter Rose, Tarmo Raadik and Dan Stoessel May 31, 2022

Flat-head galaxias (Galaxias rostratus) is one of the ‘magnificent six’ native threatened floodplain specialist fish. It’s in dire trouble in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin, having almost declined out of sight. The species were historically widespread and abundant throughout the Murray River Corridor but are now nowhere to be seen in NSW or South Australia, and

The wetlands of Lake Alexandrina: home to a unique population of Southern pygmy perch

By Scotte Wedderburn & Thomas Barnes December 1, 2021

At the end of the Murray River in South Australia are two large freshwater lakes surrounded by biodiverse wetlands. As a part of Ngarrindjeri Country, Lake Albert and Lake Alexandrina are culturally and ecologically unique, in part due to their close proximity to the Murray estuary in the Coorong. The region is recognised as a