BRINGING BACK NATIVE FISHThe Katfish Reach Project

WHY?Native fish in the Katarapko/Eckert Creek anabranch system are important and under threat.

WE KNOW IT WORKSSuccess of the Katfish Demonstration Reach has come from a partnership between the Katfish Reach Steering Committee, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, the Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources, and passionate interested local community members.

FIND OUT HOWOpen the Native Fish Demonstration Reach Guide and apply the four Demonstration Reach pillars - visit www.finterest.com.au... For further information on Katfish Demonstration Reach contact lara.suitor@sa.gov.au

CAUSEs

WhaT CAN BE DONE?Use the demonstration reach approach, which has...

Lack of over bank flooding

Introduced Fish

An EmpoweredCommunity

PartnershipApproach

Long-TermStrategy

Murray Hardyhead Golden Perch

Freshwater Catfish

Bony Herring

Murray Cod

StrongOwnership

BigPicture

Supported WithSound Science

In-stream barriers to native fish and

water flow

2. Planning

1. Community Involvement

3. On-ground Interventions

4. Monitoring & Evaluation

56km of fishpassage restored

Creation of significant additional drought secure

habitat for Murray hardyhead

Protection of Aboriginal Cultural Sites

Many field days and community events

Delivery of environmental water to 9 wetlands

Native fish now moving through the entiresystem for the first time in 80 years.

Increased numbers of small bodied native species

Murray RiverRainbowfish

CarpGudgeon

UnspeckedHardyhead