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(SFD 1914; 1923).
Historically, Macquarie perch were translocated from the upper Murrumbidgee River near Cooma to two locations in the Snowy River (Stead 1913). The species has not since been recorded from the Snowy River.
Within natural range translocations
A number of translocations of Macquarie perch within its natural range have occurred in the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding parts of New South Wales. Individuals were translocated to the Queanbeyan River upstream of Googong Reservoir in New South Wales and the Cotter River to the area upstream of Vanitys Crossing before a fishway was installed at this barrier (Lintermans 2006a; 2006b; 2013a). Both of these translocations have been ultimately unsuccessful in creating viable, long-term, self-sustaining populations.
There have been translocations of Macquarie perch from Cotter Reservoir to the Cotter River above Corin Dam (at 1000 m a.s.l.) commencing in 2006 and to the Molonglo River in Kowen Forest commencing in 2007 (Lintermans 2013b; ACT Gov pers. comm., 2017). However, while survival has been detected, recruitment has not been detected at either location to date (Lintermans 2013b; Todd & Lintermans 2015; ACT Gov pers. comm., 2017).
Victoria
In the past, Macquarie perch were translocated, most likely in batches containing a mixture of other 'perch species' such as golden perch and silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus), widely within and outside its natural distribution in Victoria (Cadwallader 1981).
Outside natural range translocations
It is considered that the species was introduced to the Yarra River catchment in 1857 from upper parts of King Parrot Creek via the upper Plenty River which ultimately flows into the Yarra River (Wilson 1857) and further translocations of approximately 18 000 individuals between 1909–1927 from various waterways, one of the source locations being recorded as Goulburn Weir (Cadwallader 1981; Barnham 1989; NFA pers. comm., 2017) for recreational fishing opportunities.
Within natural range translocations
Macquarie perch were naturally found in Seven Creeks near Euroa up to a natural barrier in the form of the Gooram Falls. During 1921/22 juvenile Macquarie perch were translocated upstream of the falls to near Strathbogie from the Seven Creeks itself and from the Goulburn River at Cathkin and have persisted as a self-sustaining population from downstream of Polly McQuinns Weir to around the Galls Gap Road's westernmost crossing of the waterway (Kearns & Tonkin 2015). Other translocated populations were established in the Barwon, Latrobe and Wannon rivers but these are all now considered extinct (Cadwallader 1981; ARI pers. comm., 2017).
In western Victoria, still within the Murray-Darling Basin and to the west of the its natural, historical distribution, Macquarie perch were translocated into the Wimmera River catchment and into the Loddon River catchment, which likely represented the most western catchment containing natural populations at the time