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A mass fish death is when many fish die suddenly and unexpectedly. It is more likely to happen in times of flood or drought.

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.

We need the community’s help to report any sightings of the pest fish species, Tilapia.

Everybody has a role to play in recovering native fish. The health of native fish in the Murray−Darling Basin is a vital legacy that we leave for future generations.

Australian Government funding under the Northern Basin Toolkit is helping to protect native fish by building fishways, installing screens on pumps and pipes and improving delivery of water for the environment.

For World Wildlife Day today, find out the fascinating way fish use ladders to move up and down streams over weirs, barrages and locks for their long-term survival and a healthy river system.

The Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) is providing $96,000 in funding to learn more about the habitat preferences of Murray cod in the Goulburn River.

More than 1,000 fingerlings have been released across Victoria and southern New South Wales as part of a breeding program to help restore a once extinct native fish.

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.