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The Australian Government is providing $6.6 million to the Queensland Government to deliver a program of work that could see more young native fish survive in the northern Basin rivers.

The OzFish Sunraysia River Repair Bus is doing its bit to help revitalise habitat along the River Murray in north west Victoria.

Fishers in Coorong, South Australia are reporting signs of gradual recovery in parts of the iconic wetland thanks largely to the delivery of water for the environment.

Scientists have found an increase in food to support all river life was created by a recent water for the environment flow which inundated wetlands before returning to the River Murray.

This framework sets out the approach for developing the Native Fish Management and Recovery strategy, including addressing threats to native fish.

Bioregions are large, geographically distinct areas of land with common characteristics and plant and animal communities.

More than 50 species of native fish and 11 species of introduced fish have been identified in the Basin. Native fish play an important role in the environment.

Native fish are reappearing in areas of the Murray–Darling Basin where they were believed to be locally extinct or critically endangered.

The Lower Darling was subject to tragic fish death events in December 2018 and January 2019. The large fish death events covered a 40 kilometre stretch of the Darling River, downstream of Menindee Lakes. 

The prolonged drought across the Basin means in the next 12 months environmental water will be used strategically to protect our wetlands, floodplains and river ecosystems from further damage, and place them in the best possible position to recover from the drought when it breaks, according to the latest Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) report.