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Blueyed1 wrote: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

greggo wrote:

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.

greggo wrote:

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.

rb85 wrote:

greggo wrote:

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.

Interesting why not just pump it through and see what happens.

greggo wrote:

rb85 wrote:

greggo wrote:

rb85 wrote:

greggo wrote: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.

Interesting why not just pump it through and see what happens.

The aquifer they are using doesn't output enough water to heat the lake. They need to access others as well. I'd reckon the cost of connecting additional aquifers would be a major factor, especially if they are unsure if it will work.

rb85 wrote:

Blueyed1 wrote: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

Climate change or our utilities being owned by corporations?

4liters wrote:

rb85 wrote:

Blueyed1 wrote: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

Climate change or our utilities being owned by corporations?

Por que no los dos?

rb85 wrote:Wonder where poacher Paul and no early fish Kramer are now with all this or has the gold rush finished.