On Friday 21 August, Mr Peter Rose and colleagues from the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) released 100 Southern Pygmy Perch into the top Coolock Dam.

These fish will be monitored over time, and the release is part of the Tri-State Murray Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regional Alliance Enhancing Farm Dams for conservation of threatened floodplain specialist fish of the Murray-Darling Basin project.

From River Detectives with our Year 7 students on Encounter Day to a broader conservation project on the Coolock site, the project will be watched with interest as the fish settle into their new home.