
Fish and Fisheries
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Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems, Harry Butler Institute at Murdoch University in Western Australia.
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https://www.murdoch.edu.au/research/hbi/our-centres/centre-for-sustainable-aquatic-ecosystems 29-07-2016 08:24:37
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Our new 4-fold brochures teach How to Release, Report, and Identify #Sawfishes. They are the perfect addition to your #InternationalSawfishDay event! Thanks to Save Our Seas they are available for FREE in multiple languages. Download on our website! sawfishconservationsociety.org/international...



Happy International Sawfish Day from the Fitzroy River in Western Australia where our team is currently monitoring freshwater sawfish Fish and Fisheries Murdoch University

A newborn pup cruises through the relatively safety of the shallow waters of a tidal creek in north-western Australia this morning. Fish and Fisheries Murdoch University Murdoch University Research

After lots of green sawfish pups over the last few days, it was also nice to catch a 2.7m girl that we had previously caught. Was also good to see our first salty in the river which was pretty timid but made the sawfish look small. SawfishConservation Murdoch University


Photography by Brooke Pyke who writes: βThis is the Exmouth Gulf, lesser known than the Ningaloo reef yet one cannot survive without the other. Research has shown just how interconnected both ecosystems are.β



61 baby southwestern snake-necked turtles π’ have been released into Bibra Lake as part of a significant incubation project in conjunction with Murdoch University #HarryButlerInstitute researchers & City of Cockburn aiming to boost up waning numbers. Find out more loom.ly/HsOfsZo



What is riparian land, and why is it important? Check out this small clip to learn more. #marronmorethanameal. State NRM Program WA


Are there any effects of whale-watching on right whales? Free to download Sprogis et al. 2023 published in Marine Policy with Fredrik Christiansen Patricia Arranz Dirk Holman, doi.org/10.1016/j.marpβ¦


New paper out! Two decades of sampling fish communities in the dynamic dryland Fitzroy River, Western Australia. Freshwater Fish Drawing by Brendon Ebner: main channel pool vs floodplain creek aquatic communities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11β¦


A little local wedgefish love - thanks ABC News Kimberley and Vanessa Mills! If you have seen a wedgefish we would love to hear about it at [email protected]. Photo: Rebecca Bateman Rebecca Bateman-John abc.net.au/kimberley/progβ¦



A large shellfish reef built in the Swan by The Nature Conservancy has been found to filter 35% of the total volume of the estuary over winter. The mussels absorbed 42 tonnes of organic matter into tissue. Scientists would like to see one in Elizabeth Quay next. murdoch.edu.au/news/articles/β¦


A new paper published by our team on the 'Growth and morphology of Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron in globally important nursery habitats' link.springer.com/article/10.100β¦ Karissa Lear Rebecca Bateman-John Fish and Fisheries Murdoch University Murdoch University Research


New paper out: growth of green sawfish culminating from several years of recaptures in a very special part of the world - another example of the amazing northwestern Australian sawfish lifeboat! link.springer.com/article/10.100β¦ Murdoch University Research Freshwater Fish

