Fisheries & Aquatic Ecosystems

Wetland Walkabout Matt Moore from CS Environmental

How salt water is restoring life to parts of the Queensland coast

The ABC recently ran a very interesting article featuring some work delivered by CS Environmental to re-establish wetlands by removing tidal gates and barriers allowing the tidal salt water to once again flow

Matt Moore Carmila Fishway monitoring CS Environmental Catchment Solutions

Carmila Creek Fishway Monitoring, great results!

Recent monitoring at the novel nursery-slot fishway on Carmila Creek has confirmed the design is delivering outstanding results for native fish passage.

Pyramid Reefs, CS Environmental

Habitat Reef Modules 1 year on, fantastic results!!

One year after deployment, our purpose-built Habitat Reef Modules are showing rapid colonisation by marine life, from encrusting organisms to iconic reef fish like red emperor, saddletail snapper and gold-spot cod. Watch the video.

CS Environmental Jolimont Creek Rock ramp Fishway

Queenslands’ largest rock fishway completed

FISH populations in the Mackay–Whitsunday region are set to thrive following the completion of Queensland’s largest rock fishway, constructed on Jolimont Creek, north of Mackay.

Marklands Station Electrofishing Demonstration

Wetlands restoration efforts pay off

An excellent news video from Channel 7 highlighting some recent wetlands projects in the Mackay region.

Fishway monitoring at the fishladder Macs Wetlands. Rock ramp fishway sampling or Fishladder monitoring results where juvenile barramundi, giant herring, empire gudgeon, striped scat recorded by CS Environmental sampling fish past a fish barrier, Queensland, Australia.

Finding the Balance Ponded Pastures Part 3 of a 3 part series

Part 3 of this 3 part series discusses how we measure success by monitoring the fishladders and wetlands for fish species abundance and growth rates.

Marklands Station Ponded Pastures and Fishladder Access

Finding the Balance Ponded Pastures Part 2 of a 3 part series

For more than 50 years coastal graziers have valued ponded pasture for its capacity to provide stock feed in the dryer months. Jason Bradford, a generational farmer, is working with a local NRM, Reef Catchments, and the fisheries ecologists at CS Environmental to return the balance between grazing and native species habitat.

Marklands Station Ponded Pastures and Fishladder Access

Finding the Balance. Ponded Pastures Part 1 of a 3 part series

For more than 50 years coastal graziers have valued ponded pasture for its capacity to provide stock feed in the dryer months. Jason Bradford, a generational farmer, is working with a local NRM, Reef Catchments, and the fisheries ecologists at CS Environmental to return the balance between grazing and native species habitat.

Marklands Wetlands Field Day flyer

Creating Fish Habitats in Ponded Pasture

A very interesting documentary video (link below) detailing the implementation of fisheries improvement works on agricultural land which increase fisheries productivity within ponded pastures. Discusses the use of fish ladders, refuge pools and grazing best management practices.

Nursery slot empire gudgeon

Nursery Slot Fish Ladder, an innovative design

CS Environmental has developed an innovative nursery slot design for their rock ramp fishways or fish ladders. The first of these has been constructed at the Macs Wetlands site just south of Mackay and will be monitored in the coming spawning season to measure its effectiveness.

Pyramid Reef Habitat Pioneer River Fish

Habitat Reef Modules making news in Mackay

Channel 7 Mackay recently ran a story featuring the Habitat Reef Modules designed by CS Environmental and deployed by the Mackay Regional Council.

Pyramid FAD Bundaberg underwater

Pyramid Reef Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) deployed off the coast of Bundaberg

Pyramid Reef fish aggregating devices (FADs) designed by CS Environmental and deployed by Fisheries Queensland showed an increase in the number of fish and variety of species in recent monitoring.

Marklands Wetlands Field Day flyer

Barra and Beef Field Day 31st May 2022

Do you own or manage Ponded Pastures or Coastal Wetlands? This field day might be of interest….

Fursden Creek new fishway monitoring

New Fursden Creek fishway leads to aquatic migration boom

Fish migration along the Fursden Creek at Mackay has increased by more than 800 per cent, thanks to $74,000 worth of innovative remediation works managed by the Department of Environment and Science (DES) and delivered by CS Environmental.

Pyramid Habitat Reef Module

Habitat Reef modules deployed in Mackay

Fantastic to finally see the Habitat Reef modules being deployed at the base of 3 fishing platforms in the Pioneer River estuary in Mackay.

Jaguar Cichlid pest fish caught in Mackay

Aggressive aquarium fish have been illegally let loose in the Pioneer river.

7 News Mackay recently ran this report on the pest fish establishing in Mackay.