Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00106:body:0:p64
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00106
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 193824–198437

$20 000   $20 000   $20 000   $20 000   $100 000
2a. Undertake priority habitat rehabilitation, restoration and enhancement work.                                                                                                                                                                                                $400 000  $400 000  $400 000  $400 000  $400 000  $2 000 000
3a. Investigate methods to promote spawning and recruitment activity of Macquarie perch in naturally occurring and stocked populations.                                                                                                                                         -         -         $20 000   $20 000   $20 000   $60 000
3b. Better understand competition and predation on Macquarie perch by introduced fish species.                                                                                                                                                                                  $30 000   $30 000   $30 000   -         -         $90 000
4a. Refine and improve captive breeding techniques for Macquarie perch                                                                                                                                                                                                          $20 000   $20 000   $20 000   $20 000   $20 000   $100 000
4b. Undertake a conservation stocking program for Macquarie perch.                                                                                                                                                                                                              $50 000   $50 000   $50 000   $50 000   $50 000   $250 000
5a. Implement a long term monitoring program for the Macquarie perch which is able to record the size and importance of natural, self-sustaining populations and stocked populations.                                                                                           $25 000   $25 000   $25 000   $25 000   $25 000   $125 000
5d. Investigate the fate of released fingerlings.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               -         -         $20 000   $20 000   $20 000   $60 000
6a. Raise awareness for the conservation status of Macquarie perch in the community.                                                                                                                                                                                            $15 000   $15 000   $15 000   $15 000   $15 000   $75 000
TOTAL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           $710 000  $710 000  $750 000  $670 000  $670 000  $3 510 000

11 Effects on other Native Species and Biodiversity Benefits
By managing south eastern areas of the Murray-Darling Basin for the benefit of the Macquarie perch, many other native aquatic fauna will also benefit. Other EPBC Act listed threatened fish species that currently occur, or potentially could occur in future, in Macquarie perch habitat include the trout cod, Murray cod, silver perch, flathead galaxias (Galaxias rostratus) and barred galaxias (Galaxias fuscus). Because of the linkages between riparian and in-stream ecosystems, the protection of riparian zones will benefit riparian and in-stream fauna. Functional, intact riparian zones are directly related to high in-stream biodiversity (Boulton & Brock 1999) and contribute to the floristic diversity of off-reserve areas. The implementation of this recovery plan includes a number of potential biodiversity benefits for other species and ecological communities. Macquarie perch in many areas of their natural distribution are part of fish communities in which several other members are under threat. Hence, recovery activities to protect and restore habitats of Macquarie perch should also make an important contribution to the conservation of other native species occupying similar habitat.
Efforts to protect and recover Macquarie perch populations will deliver a range of indirect biodiversity benefits. For example, increasing community awareness about the threatened status of Macquarie perch may assist in raising the profile of threatened species in general and may lead to increased opportunities to conserve