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The 1000 southern pygmy perch and 500 purple spotted gudgeon fingerlings were released in front of an enthusiastic crowd attending the Deniliquin Kolety Lagoons Landcare Group’s special morning tea.

The release was part of the Deniliquin Lagoons Community Project, which began rehabilitation of the lagoons a decade ago, resulting in the restoration of vegetation and habitat on five wetlands.

The lagoons restoration project began in 2010 when the lagoon system was drained, removed of pest fish and plant species and refilled and restocked.

Now that wetland habitat has significantly improved, the project is focusing on establishing breeding populations of native threatened fish species.

Deniliquin Kolety Lagoons Landcare organised the event to share its efforts to restore the lagoons and the threatened species population with the community. The group included a large contingent of students from Deniliquin High School, a project partner, with Deniliquin Landcare taking a new group of Year 10 students each year - to teach them of the importance of ecology and it's social aspects. 

The fingerlings were bred at Middle Creek Farm! 

Article Attrition: Shepparton News Online