PIONEER RIVER FISH HABITATSAS SEEN ON
Pioneer River Fish Habitats
New homes, more fish.
THE CHALLENGE
The Mackay Regional Council sensitive to the needs of the environment and community needed help to improve marine biodiversity around three popular fishing platforms on the Pioneer River, and enhance recreational and tourist fishing experience.
OUR SOLUTION
We deployed 45 habitat modules, robust concrete pyramids, specially built
to attract soft and hard coral, oysters, bivalves to form a living reef for fish,
like Barramundi and Mangrove Jacks to come around.
We worked with SMC Marine and with specialist environmental consultancy Catchment Solutions who designed the fish modules, and developed an economical
and environmentally considerate methodology for deployment,
using primarily local and regional partners.
WATCH THE VIDEO
7 News reports on the project benefits to boost fish stock to the delight of recreational fishers.
RESULTS SO FAR
Barramundi and Mangrove Jacks are swimming around!
The artificial reefs improved the ecosystem health, in-stream habitats, fish populations and recreational fishing experiences for both locals and tourists to the region.
OUR PARTNER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and sea on which we live and work. We pay respect to Aboriginal elders past and
present and acknowledge Australia’s First Nation peoples for caring for this country and our ocean for over 60,000 years.