Tom Rayner talks to the Murray-Darling Basin Native Fish Forum about Pump and diversion screening: The sleeping giant of Australian river restoration. Tom talks about the major loss of fish due to pumps and irrigation offtakes. Tom shows some examples of screens for various situations and talks about how screening in Australia is well behind […]

“A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let’s get on with it!” http://theconversation.com/a-good-plan-to-help-darling-river-fish-recover-exists-so-lets-get-on-with-it-110168  Work under the Native Fish Strategy demonstrated that anywhere between 100 and 12,000fish can be abstracted, per day, by a single pump. When extrapolated over the many thousand irrigation pumps and diversion points across the basin, this means millions of […]

Congratulations to the CSU led research team on winning this Distinguished International Project Award  The CSU Team comprises local villagers, scientists, engineers and manufacturers in Lao PDR and Australia This Project is now rolling out from Lao PDR to other countries in Southeast Asia A research team led by Charles Sturt University (CSU) has received […]