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No. 30 Translocated Fishes in Streams of the Wet Tropics Region, North Queensland: Distribution and Potential Impact Research Report Damien W. Burrows ISBN 0 86443 710 2 |
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| Translocations
have been occurring in the Wet Tropics for around one hundred years, mostly
done by private individuals and involving low numbers of fish. However,
the Recreational Fishing Enhancement Program, a DPI initiative which began
in 1986, and the development of mass-hatchery techniques in the last twenty
years, has greatly increased the number of fishes stocked. Evidence suggests
that up to 36 freshwater fish species plus red claw crayfish have been
translocated into waters of the Wet Tropics. Despite the extent of stockings that have occurred to date, and the important faunal components of Wet Tropics streams that are considered to be vulnerable to predation by novel fish predators, no environmental evaluations for fish stocking have been undertaken in the Wet Tropics. The distribution of translocated fishes in streams of the Wet Tropics is not adequately known, nor is the extent of overlap between translocated fishes and potentially vulnerable species such as frogs and crustaceans. Download file is a PDF document that is designed to be printed using the duplex feature on your printer (i.e. double-sided). |
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