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Hundreds of Murray Cod are now inhabiting Lake Bonney at Barmera after a special release of the fish coordinated by RecFish SA.
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Many of the fish are ready to breed, so numbers can grow quickly in the coming months.
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The release is hoped to rejuvenate the local ecosystem and boost tourism in the region.
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A freshwater lake is hoped to become a thriving ecosystem after hundreds of mature native Murray Cod were reintroduced to its waters for the first time in years.
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Around 600 cod were returned to Lake Bonney, which is connected to the River Murray, in South Australia's Riverland last week.
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It was a project driven by Recfish SA and backed by the state government and its newly established Recreational Fishing Authority.
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RecFish SA chief executive Asher Dezsery said it was a significant moment to see cod enter the water, as populations had died out from the lake many years prior.
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"Throughout various water quality issues, the lake got segregated from the river, and unfortunately there were a few fish kills here that removed all of the cod," he said.
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"They're going to be instant broodstock [mature individuals specifically used for breeding], creating an instant fishery to push recreational fishing tourism in this area.
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New natives to improve ecosystem
Charles Sturt University's Paul Humphries said cod defined the Murray-Darling Basin and its connected systems.
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"They will improve generally the water, the structure and the water quality, because they actually are, to a degree, habitat engineers," the ecology associate professor said.
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Dr Humphries also said cod played a major role in the natural food chain, but was not certain they would make a dent in the large carp population.
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"If there's small fish around, like carp, they'll certainly have a go at them.
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[But] cod tend to be main channel specialists," he said.
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It's not something that can be solved very easily by just throwing a few hundred cod in, but it certainly can't hurt.
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He said he hoped some of the fish would migrate into the river system but believed they would return to breed.
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"That's their cycle; they'll always come back to the same place [so] there's going to be cod here at all times," he said.
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Council hopeful for tourism boost
Berri Barmera Council mayor Ella Winnall was among the locals who helped return the native cod to Lake Bonney at a special event in early October.
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She said it was a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to be up close with so many mature cod, giving locals and visitors another reason to spend time at the lake.
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"There aren't many people in the community that don't have a rod and reel in the shed or a boat licence," Ms Winnall said.
"This just adds another element of people wanting to come to Lake Bonney and Barmera to catch the cod.
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Fishing for Murray Cod is not allowed during the breeding season, but South Australia's catch-and-release season resumes from January 1, 2027.
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