Appendix 6: Multi-Criteria Analysis tool Example output of the MCA applied to prioritise native fish evaluation questions for 6. Appendix 7: MCA ranked priority fish questions Priority fish questions (from MCA) for VEFMAP Stage 6 are shown in shaded cells, low priority questions have no highlight. Where applicable, support and/or comments have been provided by CMAs. Question MCA DELWP Melbourne Glenelg Wimmera Goulburn North East Corangamite West North Central score Water Broken Gippsland Hopkins Does environmental flow 242 Yes Supports Not relevant Not relevant to Supports Supports this Important management trigger this CMA question for question and question and YOY diadromous question lower Barwon/ interest for all fish to rivers from questions Moorabool estuarine/marine posed environments? (Q1) Can environmental flows be 242 Yes, but Not relevant Very relevant Possible for Not relevant to Important used to increase populations research now Ovens River this CMA question – of target species in Victorian question included in but Mulwala High priority Tributaries of the Murray to be seasonal Weir a for NCCMA through the use of attraction funded watering plan, constraint? flows (summer /autumn elsewhere need to juvenile emigration flows or ensure other spring adult flows)? (Q6) supporting processes Does environmental flow 242 Question Question Question Question Question Possible to Question Question Question management increase discarded discarded discarded discarded discarded test whether discarded discarded discarded survival of carp and can this carp be mitigated? (Q11) recruitment varies in natural river Question discarded at CMA (Ovens) with meeting
Appendix 6: Multi-Criteria Analysis tool Example output of the MCA applied to prioritise native fish evaluation questions for 6. Appendix 7: MCA ranked priority fish questions Priority fish questions (from MCA) for VEFMAP Stage 6 are shown in shaded cells, low priority questions have no highlight. Where applicable, support and/or comments have been provided by CMAs. Question MCA score DELWP Melbourne Water Glenelg Hopkins Wimmera Goulburn Broken North East Corangamite West Gippsland North Central Does environmental flow management trigger and YOY diadromous fish to rivers from estuarine/marine environments? (Q1) 242 Yes Supports this question Not relevant Not relevant to CMA Supports question for lower Barwon/ Moorabool Supports this question and interest for all questions posed Important question Can environmental flows be used to increase populations of target species in Victorian Tributaries of the Murray through the use of attraction flows (summer /autumn juvenile emigration flows or spring adult flows)? (Q6) 242 Yes, but research question to be funded elsewhere Not relevant Very relevant – now included in seasonal watering plan, need to ensure other supporting processes Possible for Ovens River but Mulwala Weir a constraint? Not relevant to this CMA Important question High priority for NCCMA Does environmental flow management increase survival of carp and can this be mitigated? (Q11) Question discarded at CMA meeting 242 Question discarded Question discarded Question discarded Question discarded Question discarded Possible to test whether carp recruitment varies in natural river (Ovens) with Question discarded Question discarded Question discarded
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