The Taylors Creek Fishway just north of Ghow (Kow) Swamp in northern Victoria has been officially opened, connecting 1000 kilometres of waterways for large bodied native fish in the Murray River, Little Murray and Lower Loddon rivers, Pyramid, Taylors, and Gunbower creeks, and Ghow Swamp systems.
North Central Catchment Management Authority (NCCMA) Major Projects Manager Tim Shanahan said fish migration was important ecologically, culturally, and economically for the region.
“Increasing native fish populations increases recreational fishing and ecotourism opportunities. Recreation fishing contributes more than $300 million a year to the wider regional economy.”
Mr Shanahan said the fishway construction couldn’t have happened without the close partnership between the NCCMA, Goulburn-Murray Water, the Victorian Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Action, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, and the Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation.
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