Re: GT stocking trial for Qld dams.
I don’t believe there’s Barra stocking in an impoundment on the Noosa river. Possibly Barra farms like what’s happened in the Maroochy. But I do believe that natural Barra have been caught in the Noosa in small numbers over the years.
at least with Barra and Jacks they are native to the Sal water river down stream and naturally found there. Humans have been netting and targeting Barra and jacks in those systems for years. The floods certainly boost the numbers but surely not to the extent of being a detriment to the fishery? How many Barra were in those rivers pre-settlement?
those big females becoming fertile and outside the legal catch size would do wonders for Barra recruitment numbers. I imagine the jacks wouldn’t stay in the creeks long before heading offshore like they normally would.
I don’t believe there’s Barra stocking in an impoundment on the Noosa river. Possibly Barra farms like what’s happened in the Maroochy. But I do believe that natural Barra have been caught in the Noosa in small numbers over the years.
at least with Barra and Jacks they are native to the Sal water river down stream and naturally found there. Humans have been netting and targeting Barra and jacks in those systems for years. The floods certainly boost the numbers but surely not to the extent of being a detriment to the fishery? How many Barra were in those rivers pre-settlement?
those big females becoming fertile and outside the legal catch size would do wonders for Barra recruitment numbers. I imagine the jacks wouldn’t stay in the creeks long before heading offshore like they normally would.
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