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Team effort to save native fish from dry conditions

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Mar 21, 2025

THE Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (GBCMA) is part of a team effort to save native fish at risk of dying due to drying up waterways across the catchment.

The critically endangered Flathead Galaxias, affectionately known as the ‘Ghost Fish’, in the Molesworth billabongs and endangered Macquarie perch in the Hollands Creek near Benalla are the focus of current efforts.

GBCMA is working closely with Arthur Rylah Institute, Victorian Fisheries Authority, Taungurung Land and Waters, Parks Victoria and North Central Catchment Management Authority on the fish rescue work.

GBCMA Environmental Water and Wetlands Manager, Simon Casanelia, said approximately 100 Ghost Fish were collected from several drying-up billabongs in Molesworth.

“Saving these Ghost Fish is a priority due to the rarity of the species,” Mr Casanelia said.

“Of the 100 collected, the majority went to two private dams with secure water levels and suitable habitat and some went to the Victorian Fisheries Authority Snobs Creek Conservation Hatchery for captive breeding that will also assist with the species’ recovery.

“A landholder, participating in the GBCMA’s Fish in Farm Dams Project was able to take the Ghost Fish at short notice and they will stay in those two dams until..

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