Fish friendly screen installation in the Darling River
Channel: Local Land Services NSW
Date: 2020-08-17

Millions of native fish, larvae and eggs are lost from natural water ways every year by being sucked into pumps. Since early European settlement, native fish populations are estimated to have decreased by 90 per cent across the Murray-Darling Basin. 

Implementing diversion screening technology is one way an irrigator can ensure native fish populations are sustained while improving water quality delivered to the property. In 2020, Western Local Land Services engaged with Porker Citrus to install a fish friendly screen on an irrigation pump as a trial site.