Visitors Hooked On Narrandera Fisheries Centre Fun

Narrandera Fisheries Centre has cemented its reputation as the nation’s leading facility of its kind following an open day held last weekend.

More than 1,200 visitors filed through the centre’s gates on Saturday, October 14 to see for themselves the conservation and research work being undertaken there.

Recent upgrades, including a new hatchery building fitted with state-of-the-art fish breeding technology, come courtesy of government funding.

Narrandera Fisheries Centre has been at the forefront of its field since it first opened in 1962, and it continues to play a key role in breeding and conservation, as well as research into native and introduced species.

Fish play a key role in indicating the health of our river systems so learning as much as we can about their numbers and locations is vital.

Researchers at the centre work to give a clear indication of fish health in NSW as well as collating information about introduced species and their effects on feeding and native fish health.

Some of their work also revolves around fish that are locally extinct or on the verge of extinction, so their research is critical.

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