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the event of bushfire, drought, pollution, poor water quality).                                                                           Australian and state/territory governments, research community, local governments.  -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  * Management plan considers the relevant requirements of the EPBC Act (translocation policy statement1 etc.) in relation to translocation activity.

Strategy 2 – Protect and restore Macquarie perch habitat
On ground actions
Table 3: Strategy 2 Actions
Action  Description                                                                                                           Priority  Performance Criteria                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Responsible Agencies                                                          Indicative Cost
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       and potential partners                                                        *priority 1 only
2a      Undertake priority habitat rehabilitation, restoration and enhancement work.                                          1             * Where physically possible, fish passage is restored to locations where Macquarie perch are currently impeded by anthropogenic fish barriers, and means of excluding movement of introduced fish species is accounted for.                                                                                                State/territory governments                                                   $2 000 000
                                                                                                                                            * Restore riffle habitats in areas below water storages and offtakes to promote spawning areas by concentrated effort to remove sand slugs or by providing environmental flows to scour sediment loads.
                                                                                                                                            * Rehabilitate riparian vegetation.
                                                                                                                                            * Reinstate large rock and woody snags in channels.
                                                                                                                                            * Spawning activity is recorded following trials/installation of artificial habitat, which may include but is not limited to:
                                                                                                                                              * sand/silt excavation
                                                                                                                                              * gravel/shale depositing
                                                                                                                                              * "rock seeding"
                                                                                                                                              * rock bar installation
                                                                                                                                              * bank stabilisation and riparian re-vegetation
2b      Seek to provide appropriate flow regimes in all waters where Macquarie perch occur below water storages or offtakes.  2             * Improve daily and monthly hydrological regimes to river flows to provide a more natural and optimal state for where some Macquarie perch populations occur (as informed by data from Action 5c below).                                                                                                                   Australian and state/territory governments, research community                -
                                                                                                                                            * Provide improved hydrological regimes in spring in areas where Macquarie perch occur (as informed by data from Action 5c below), while avoiding large, sudden increases in discharge which may negatively impact upon egg survival and larval recruitment especially in the months from late-October to early-December.
2c      Undertake works to minimise cold water pollution.                                                                     2             * Modify outlet works on dams where Macquarie perch are known to occur downstream so that cold water is not released and natural temperature regimes are restored.                                                                                                                                                         Australian and state/territory governments                                    -
2d      Improve in-stream habitat to improve productivity of lower food web.                                                  2             * Investigate in-stream installations of paired wooden garden stakes and/or snags to promote the collection of instream debris to promote insect, mollusc and other invertebrate populations.                                                                                                                              State/territory governments, local governments, non-government organisations  -

Strategy 3 – Understand and address threats to Macquarie perch populations and habitats
Research and on ground actions
Table 4: Strategy 3 Actions
Action  Description                                                                                                                          Priority  Performance Criteria                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Responsible Agencies                                                                              Indicative Cost
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and potential partners                                                                            *priority 1 only
3a      Investigate methods to promote spawning and recruitment activity of Macquarie perch in naturally occurring and stocked populations.  1             * Monitoring has