Gunbower Creek Hipwell Road Weir – in Gunbower Creek 55 2611438 6028664 NCCMA vertical slot completed late 2103 completed late 2103 7 – watering MDBA GMW Funding available from MDBA ecological/ engineering consultants - URS Steve Slarke and MMC to be completed prior to structure being handed over to GMW operations GMW maintenance manual will be completed WOW as reference only Taylor's Lagoon currently unregulated 55 NCCMA new regulating structure proposed in GMW CP Business Case to remove lagoon from irrigation system and return to the environment subject to success of Business Case GMW GMW Cockatoo Lagoon pipe culverts and vertical lift gate 55 Proposed in GMW CP Business Case to Australian Government: remove lagoon from irrigation system and return to the environment. Replace pipe culvert with box culverts (flows without fish passage when closed). Replace vertical-lift gate with side-winding gate. subject to success of Business Case GMW GMW Pyramid Box Creek Weir 55 NCCMA fish lock construction to be completed by August 2015 not yet constructed 1 GMW GMW to Kow ecological/ engineering consultants - detailed design by GHD with Dr Ivor Stuart none – will be completed at end of GMW maintenance manual will be completed WOW as reference only Loddon River Kerang Weir 54 764144 6045014 NCCMA vertical slot 2008 4 1 GMW GMW 40 pre- and post-fish surveys ecological/ engineering consultants none none WOW as reference only Loddon River sill at bridge upstream of Kerang Weir 54 764040 6044951 NCCMA Rectangular channel in sill 2008 5 4 unknown GMW 1 none none none none WOW as reference only Spur Creek Hipwells Rd Offtake regulator – on channel 55 2611438 6028664 fish lock complete late 2013 complete 7 – watering MDBA GMW N/A funding available from MDBA ecological/ engineering consultants - - URS Steve Slarke and MMC to be completed prior to structure being handed over to GMW operations GMW maintenance manual will be completed WOW as reference only
Appendix 3: Timing of Victorian fish movements Common name Stage Direction Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Silver Perch Larva Juvenile Adult upstream Murray Hardyhead unknown Juvenile Adult Unspecked Hardyhead Larva Juvenile Adult Two-spined Blackfish Larva Juvenile Adult Barred Galaxias Larva Juvenile Adult Riffle Galaxias Juvenile Adult Western Carp Gudgeon Larva Juvenile Adult Trout Cod Larva Juvenile Adult Murray Cod Larva Downstream Juvenile Adult Upstream and downstream Golden Perch Downstream
Adult Pouched Lamprey Ammocoete Adult Downstream Adult Upstream Striped Gudgeon Juvenile Adult Cox’s Gudgeon Larva Juvenile Adult Empire Gudgeon Larva Juvenile Adult Australian Whitebait Larva Juvenile Adult Australian Bass Larva Juvenile Adult Downstream and upstream Short-headed Lamprey Ammocoete Adult Upstream Adult Downstream Flinders Perch Larva Juvenile Variegated Pygmy Perch Larva Juvenile Adult Australian Mudfish Larva Juvenile Adult
Freshwater Herring Larva Juvenile Adult Australian Grayling Larva Downstream Juvenile Upstream Adult Downstream and upstream Tupong Larva Juvenile Upstream Downstream Galaxias Larva Downstream Juvenile Upstream Adult Obscure Galaxias Larva Juvenile Adult Southern Pygmy Perch Larva Juvenile Adult Yarra Pygmy Perch Larva Juvenile Adult Flat-headed Gudgeon Larva Juvenile flat-headed Gudgeon Larva Juvenile Australian Larva Juvenile Upstream Adult Blackfish