Freshwater Fish of the Canberra region: ecology , current and future threats

The next meeting of Sutton Landcare will be held on Tuesday August 12 at 7.30 pm at Sutton School.

At 8.00 pm Associate Professor Mark Lintermans, who is a freshwater scientist and national authority on threatened freshwater fish, will address the meeting. His address will focus on the distribution and ecology of freshwater fish in the upper Murrumbidgee catchment including the major threats to freshwater fish, and what can be done to assist the recovery of freshwater habitats in our region.

Mark is currently a Principal Research Fellow with the Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra. He has worked as a fisheries scientist for the ACT Government, the Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, and as a consultant to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission. He has a keen interest in the management and ecology of freshwater fish and crayfish, and strategic intervention and mitigation programs to deal with aquatic threats. He has conducted numerous fish research and assessment projects in the upper Murrumbidgee catchment for over 25 years.

His current research interests are in the management of threats to aquatic environments and the responses of native and alien fishes to management and mitigation actions, particularly environmental flows, provision of fish passage, and habitat rehabilitation.
All persons with an interest in this fascinating topic are welcome to attend.

Further details may be obtained from Landcare Secretary Tony Redman ph 62303266.

David Vincent (President)