The Freshwater Products and Strategies Program aims develop and deliver short, medium and long term tools and techniques for managing Australia's freshwater invasive fish. This program represents the first national effort to coordinate and utilise skills from Government, industry and private enterprise in addressing the huge environmental problems stemming from invasive fish in Australia today. With strong end-user focus and direction, the Freshwater program will achieve its aim through binding and coordinating existing research bodies and groups, and focusing efforts in an efficient manner to produce a tried and tested manual for managing freshwater invasive fish.
Projects include:
4.F.3 Development of 'daughterless' technology for the control of invasive pest fish
4.F.4 Identifying sex pheromone sensory attractant signals in carp 4.F. 5 Identification of 'hot-spots' of carp reproduction in the Murray-Darling Basin 4.F.6 Integrated tagging for determining movement and migration of carp within the Murray-Darling Basin 4.F.7 Koi herpesvirus (KHV): its potential as a biological control agent for carp in Australia 4.F.9 Review and development of fish biocides and delivery options 4.F.10 Developing management strategies for the control and eradication of Tilapia 4.F.11 Validating aeging techniques for carp from sub-tropical parts of the Murray-Darling basin 4.F.12 Spawning migrations and attractant flow: can we find an 'Achilles heel' within innate carp behaviours and exploit it? 4.F.13 Identifying and isolating natural environmental attractants for carp 9.F.1 Developing a rapid response plan for new incursions of alien freshwater fish
4.F.4 Identifying sex pheromone sensory attractant signals in carp
4.F. 5 Identification of 'hot-spots' of carp reproduction in the Murray-Darling Basin
4.F.6 Integrated tagging for determining movement and migration of carp within the Murray-Darling Basin
4.F.7 Koi herpesvirus (KHV): its potential as a biological control agent for carp in Australia
4.F.9 Review and development of fish biocides and delivery options
4.F.10 Developing management strategies for the control and eradication of Tilapia
4.F.11 Validating aeging techniques for carp from sub-tropical parts of the Murray-Darling basin
4.F.12 Spawning migrations and attractant flow: can we find an 'Achilles heel' within innate carp behaviours and exploit it?
4.F.13 Identifying and isolating natural environmental attractants for carp
9.F.1 Developing a rapid response plan for new incursions of alien freshwater fish
Projects within the Freshwater Program link to our demonstration sites in the Logan-Albert and Lower Lachlan catchments.
We have also sponsored the development of powerful new interactive computer software for researchers, environmental managers and fisheries managers to evaluate the effectiveness of proposed control strategies for the common carp - CarpSim 2.0.
CarpSim 2.0 is now available as freeware. It can be downloaded from the Victorian Resources Online website at http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/pest_animals_carpsim
Full instructions on downloading, installing, and running the software are included on the website in combination with the extensive help system included in the software.
Victorian Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries 'Fisheries Research and Education Note 599' summarises the work undertaken to develop CarpSim 2.0. Click here to read full newsletter. If you want to be informed of future updates, developments and training opportunities please register as a user by contacting Paul Brown (Section Leader, Freshwater Fisheries Science) via email on Paul.Brown@dpi.vic.gov.au.
Dr Wayne Fulton State Wide Leader Aquaculture and Freshwater Fisheries Sciences Snobs Creek Research Centre Private Mail Bag 20 Alexandra VIC 3714
Ms Kylie Hall Victorian Department of Primary Industries Acquaculture and Freshwater Fisheries Sciences Snobs Creek Research Centre ALEXANDRA VIC 3714 Phone: 03 5770 8022 kylie.hall@dpi.vic.gov.au
