Murray crayfish will be reintroduced in SA's River Murray for the first time in 40 years after a permit was granted to local ecologists.
The Murray Crayfish will be reintroduced in South Australia's River Murray for the first time in 1980.abc.net.au/news/murray-crayfish-reintroduced-murray-river-south-australia-/102238120Murray crayfish populations are set to be reintroduced in South Australia's River Murray for the first time in 40 years.The species has not been sighted in the state since the 1980s
Aquatic ecologists at Aquasave Nature Glenelg Trust have been granted a permit to release the species in the river in the next couple of weeks. "We've been given the permits and now we're hoping at the end of April or beginning of May will be the release time to get them back in the water," she said.Some Murray crayfish were saved from blackwater events in New South Wales from the floodwater and stored in SA, which are the ones granted for release in SA's river system.
"Hopefully in the long term the plan would be to actually start a breeding program which would be amazing and keep doing reintroductions on a yearly basis," she said.What caused their decline
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