A new grant delivered through the Australian Government’s ‘Saving Native Species’ program will enable NRM South to build on their work to translocate and establish two new populations of the endangered Swan galaxias.
Swan galaxias population decline is due to dispersal of invasive, predatory species, including trout and redfin perch; fragmentation and isolation from their preferred habitat; and susceptibility to changes in flow conditions, such as drought and flood.
Working with the Tasmanian Inland Fisheries Service and CSIRO, the new project will address these threats by building upon the translocation work in 2023, further establishing and securing insurance populations to ensure that crucial genetic diversity is conserved in habitat that better protects Swan galaxias from the impacts of climate change.
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