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Re: Barramundi Finally in Hazelwood
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:53 am
by purple5ive
well if this mornings temperature was anything to go by, lots of them are probably floating by now
Re: Barramundi Finally in Hazelwood
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 11:33 am
by rb85
barra mick wrote:4liters wrote:scott__henning wrote:4liters wrote:Nothings keeping is warm now, the lake will gradually cool down and a bunch of dead barra and tilapia will stink the place up for a while
There is an underground mine cooling system that will continue to pump into the Pondage for at least the next 5 years.
Where that is enough to keep it warm enough or not is another question, but we shall see, if nothing else, the Barra will probably all converge on where that water comes in.
people keep talking about this but I haven't seen any kind of official mention of it. It'd certainly be good news if true
You would think that a plan would be allready in place
Talking abt it after the plant shuts is pretty ordinary
There was some discussion about a user pay system probably a little late though.
The whole thing has been a disorganised mess. Rumour has it the poacher Paul no early fish Kramer spot has looked like Carrum during snapper season lately.
Re: Barramundi Finally in Hazelwood
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 9:32 pm
by ango
Anybody have any news regarding how the Barra are going and their long term viability?
Re: Barramundi Finally in Hazelwood
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 6:42 pm
by rb85
http://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/ ... t-pondage/
The Tilapia are starting to pass, RIP. The Barra are deep within the Poacher Paul Worstleing David Kramer no early fish zone.
Re: Barramundi Finally in Hazelwood
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 3:01 am
by barra mick
not surprisinglu to the educated but the barra will die very quickly during the winter.
if tve giv we're serious they would have a plan in the works now for the winter
Re: Barramundi Finally in Hazelwood
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 7:03 pm
by rb85
Your not wrong BM wonder if the temp near the artesian outlet is enough to keep the population alive.
Re: Barramundi Finally in Hazelwood
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 8:20 am
by greggo
rb85 wrote:Your not wrong BM wonder if the temp near the artesian outlet is enough to keep the population alive.
Apparently they have minimal flow from the aquifer at the moment. They are testing the fish tolerance the to minerals in the water. If they are okay, more hot water can be accessed through other aquifers, with the intention to return the temp close to what it was originally. This all depends on how the Barra's cope with the water quality from the aquifer/s.
Re: Barramundi Finally in Hazelwood
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 11:08 am
by rb85
greggo wrote:rb85 wrote:Your not wrong BM wonder if the temp near the artesian outlet is enough to keep the population alive.
Apparently they have minimal flow from the aquifer at the moment. They are testing the fish tolerance the to minerals in the water. If they are okay, more hot water can be accessed through other aquifers, with the intention to return the temp close to what it was originally. This all depends on how the Barra's cope with the water quality from the aquifer/s.
Is this being done by fisheries and the station operator engine?
Re: Barramundi Finally in Hazelwood
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 11:21 am
by Blueyed1
I would think all this is a futile effort. Barra have evolved to live and breed in warmer temps. This is like a person being stranded on a desert island. The poor fish have nowhere to go apart from the aquifer and if you offer them food on their "island" - they're caught. This is just the end of a potentially great little fishery that some of our clubs had pushed for for many years. "Climate change" has killed this project...tragic!!!
Joe
Re: Barramundi Finally in Hazelwood
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 11:38 am
by greggo
rb85 wrote:greggo wrote:rb85 wrote:Your not wrong BM wonder if the temp near the artesian outlet is enough to keep the population alive.
Apparently they have minimal flow from the aquifer at the moment. They are testing the fish tolerance the to minerals in the water. If they are okay, more hot water can be accessed through other aquifers, with the intention to return the temp close to what it was originally. This all depends on how the Barra's cope with the water quality from the aquifer/s.
Is this being done by fisheries and the station operator engine?
It's Fisheries who are doing the work. They've been using Charlie Carp to catch the Barra using electro-fishing, relocating the caught fish into the heated channel to monitor the impact of the aquifer water quality.
t's good to see they are working on a solution to keep the fishery going.