Wednesday,
16 April 2025
Freshwater catfish comeback in Ovens River

AUTHORITIES are helping to re-establish the native Eel-tailed Catfish into the Ovens River.

Around 600 fingerlings were released into the river in late March under a collaboration between VIctorian CMA's, Victorian Fisheries Authority, Ecology Australia and traditional owner groups.

A North East CMA spokesperson said the fish were moved from a private farm dam which had boomed but was drying up.

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