{"id":579,"date":"2017-08-28T03:35:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T03:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/101.0.96.214\/~vrfishcom\/?p=579"},"modified":"2019-07-12T12:23:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T01:23:30","slug":"silver-perch-going-with-the-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/2017\/08\/28\/silver-perch-going-with-the-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Perch Going with the Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_8\">It is widely known that\u00a0Murray-Darling Basin\u00a0native fish use river flows as a cue for migration and spawning. Latest research into <a href=\"http:\/\/fishesofaustralia.net.au\/home\/species\/689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener undefined noreferrer\" data-content=\"http:\/\/fishesofaustralia.net.au\/home\/species\/689\" data-type=\"external\">silver perch<\/a> (Bidyanus bidyanus) by Victoria\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ari.vic.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener undefined noreferrer\" data-content=\"https:\/\/www.ari.vic.gov.au\" data-type=\"external\">Arthur Rylah Institute<\/a> has uncovered\u00a0that flows are also critical for larval and juvenile phases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Researchers aged silver perch using the fish ear bones, also called otoliths, from individuals\u00a0sampled across the Murray River. The study found that for a fish species that can live to 17 years old,\u00a0few are present beyond 7 years of age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Zeb Tonkin, Scientist\u00a0from Arthur Rylah Institute\u00a0said, &#8220;This research has found that large flood events and environmental flows play a critical role in the life cycle of the fish by aiding dispersal, growth and survival of juvenile fish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">&#8220;Silver perch were once the most widespread native species in the Murray-Darling Basin, but numbers have declined dramatically.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">The\u00a0outcome of the\u00a0findings is dispersal of silver perch\u00a0larvae is now a priority for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdba.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener undefined noreferrer\" data-content=\"https:\/\/www.mdba.gov.au\" data-type=\"external\">Murray-Darling Basin\u00a0Authority&#8217;s<\/a> (MDBA)\u00a0environmental watering program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\u201cCoordinated flow releases have been effective in helping silver perch disperse from the Murray River into the Campaspe and Goulburn systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is widely known that\u00a0Murray-Darling Basin\u00a0native fish use river flows as a cue for migration and spawning. Latest research into silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) by Victoria\u2019s own Arthur Rylah Institute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,32,47,48,28],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3904,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions\/3904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}