In 2020, Tasmania treated invasive rice grass in Duck Bay; three years later, fish species had more than doubled from 5 to 11 and average catches rose from about 2 to 45 per net
- Among the species benefiting from the restoration are yellow-eye mullet.
- A major effort to remove invasive rice grass from Tasmania’s Duck Bay is showing major signs of recovery, with native vegetation returning and the number of fish species rising from five to 11.
- The changes came within just two to three years of the weed being removed from parts of the wetland.
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- Among the species benefiting from the restoration are yellow-eye mullet.
- A major effort to remove invasive rice grass from Tasmania’s Duck Bay is showing major signs of recovery, with native vegetation returning and the number of fish species rising from five to 11.
- The changes came within just two to three years of the weed being removed from parts of the wetland.
Sources: Times of India