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General Category => Fish Information - Trivia - Reference material => Topic started by: Editor on September 14, 2013, 02:47:35 PM
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Journal article on Pedder galaxias published
(http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au/news/journal-article-on-pedder-galaxias-published/image_mini)
The Pedder galaxias has been the focus of recovery strategies for over thirty years. Photo courtesy of Dr. J. Patil.
Current and former staff of the Inland Fisheries Service have written and successfully had published a journal article summarising the plight of the Pedder galaxias. It has been included in a special edition of Marine and Freshwater Research focusing on the “Recovery of Threatened Freshwater Fish in Australia”.
"The Pedder galaxias was saved from the brink of extinction after a long and intensive program lasting in excess of thirty years. During this time many different strategies were implemented to save the fish, with translocation proving to be the most effective and beneficial. Many lessons have been learnt that can inform conservation programs for other critically endangered freshwater fish facing similar challenges and threats." The article can be found here: http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF12257.htm (http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF12257.htm)