Moderate to long-lived with a spread of age classes and annual recruitment in at least 80 per cent of years Increased movements of key species Expanded distribution of key species and populations Key species for the Macquarie include: In-scope for C’th water in the Species Specific outcomes Macquarie? Considered extinct. Reintroduction Possibly (Once widespread. using southern populations may be Flathead galaxias (Galaxias Current extent unknown in an option in the longer term, with rostratus) Macquarie. Potential for the Macquarie a potential candidate site. Freshwater catfish (Tandanus Expand the core range of existing Yes tandanus) populations in the Macquarie A 10–15 per cent increase of Golden Perch (Macquaria mature fish (of legal take size) in Yes ambigua) key populations A 10–15 per cent increase of Murray cod (Maccullochella mature fish (of legal take size) in Yes peelii peelii) key populations Possibly (Once widespread. Olive perchlet (Ambassis Establish additional populations in Current extent unknown in agassizii) the Macquarie Macquarie. Potential for Silver perch (Bidyanus Expand the core range in the Yes bidyanus) Macquarie catchments Southern purple-spotted Expand the range (or core range) gudgeon (Mogurnda of populations in the Macquarie. Yes adspersa) Establish additional populations The distribution of trout cod in the Northern Basin is limited to the Macquarie catchment Trout cod (Maccullochella downstream of Burrendong Dam. Yes macquariensis) Range expansion of the current population is a priority. Establish additional populations Important Basin environmental assets for native fish in the Macquarie / C’th of other refuge for Environmental asset site of period water movement Biodiversity diversity corridors species Key Dry Site Threatened Significance hydrodynamic drought Key High In-scope Macquarie River – below Burrendong Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Dam to Warren
Moderate to long-lived with a spread of age classes and annual recruitment in at least 80 per cent of years Increased movements of key species Expanded distribution of key species and populations Key species for the Macquarie include: Species Specific outcomes In-scope for C’th water in the Macquarie? Flathead galaxias (Galaxias rostratus) Considered extinct. Reintroduction using southern populations may be an option in the longer term, with the Macquarie a potential candidate site. Possibly (Once widespread. Current extent unknown in Macquarie. Potential for Freshwater catfish (Tandanus tandanus) Expand the core range of existing populations in the Macquarie Yes Golden Perch (Macquaria ambigua) A 10–15 per cent increase of mature fish (of legal take size) in key populations Yes Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) A 10–15 per cent increase of mature fish (of legal take size) in key populations Yes Olive perchlet (Ambassis agassizii) Establish additional populations in the Macquarie Possibly (Once widespread. Current extent unknown in Macquarie. Potential for Silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) Expand the core range in the Macquarie catchments Yes Southern purple-spotted gudgeon (Mogurnda adspersa) Expand the range (or core range) of populations in the Macquarie. Establish additional populations Yes Trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis) The distribution of trout cod in the Northern Basin is limited to the Macquarie catchment downstream of Burrendong Dam. Range expansion of the current population is a priority. Establish additional populations Yes Important Basin environmental assets for native fish in the Macquarie Environmental asset Key movement corridors High Biodiversity Site of other Significance Key site of hydrodynamic diversity Threatened species Dry period / drought refuge In-scope for C’th water Macquarie River – below Burrendong Dam to Warren Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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