The Onslow elusive croc

Photography by Brooke Pyke who writes: ‘This is the Exmouth Gulf, lesser known than the Ningaloo reef yet one cannot survive without the other. Research has shown just how interconnected both ecosystems are.’

Green Sawfish in Onslow Western Australia last week. 20 sawfish in total. Fish and Fisheries Fin Focus Research Murdoch University Research

61 baby southwestern snake-necked turtles 🐢 have been released into Bibra Lake as part of a significant incubation project in conjunction with Murdoch University #HarryButlerInstitute researchers & City of Cockburn aiming to boost up waning numbers. Find out more loom.ly/HsOfsZo

And with that the shark and ray proposals at #CITESCoP19 have been finalised in plenary. The requiem sharks, the rest of the hammerhead sharks, guitarfishes and some freshwater stingrays will be placed on Appendix II (to regulate international trade). #CITES4Sharks

Next year, ASFB's annual conference will be held in conjunction with the 2023 Indo-Pacific Fish Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. This is the first time since 2013 that our annual conference has been held across the pond in New Zealand. ipfc11-asfb.ac.nz

We are excited to offer a series of post-graduate Accelerated Masters Projects 1. UAVs to detect endangered sawfish 2. Freshwater Sawfish wet season movements in the Kimberley’s Fitzroy River 3. Estuarine Pilbara fish fauna Murdoch University email: [email protected] Karissa Lear

New paper out! Two decades of sampling fish communities in the dynamic dryland Fitzroy River, Western Australia. Freshwater Fish Drawing by Brendon Ebner: main channel pool vs floodplain creek aquatic communities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

A new paper published by our team on the 'Growth and morphology of Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron in globally important nursery habitats' link.springer.com/article/10.100… Karissa Lear Rebecca Bateman-John Fish and Fisheries Murdoch University Murdoch University Research

We are making inroads into the invasive Carp population in one of Perth’s most well-loved wetlands, Herdsman Lake. 347 kg of Carp removed in two days. Thanks to DBCA for supporting this restoration initiative. Murdoch University Fish and Fisheries

This is Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo. It’s incredible. It’s also under threat. Add your name to our letter to let the Federal Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek know Exmouth Gulf needs protection marineconservation.org.au/actions/nation… 🎥 Andre Rerekura and Nush Freedman

Interested in further research? Send us an email: [email protected] We have 25 years experience in the field in northern WA

A 2.2 m Freshwater Sawfish we tagged last week (July 2023) in the Fitzroy River, Kimberley, Western Australia following the largest wet season discharge ever recorded. One of three over 2 m in length captured. Fish and Fisheries Murdoch University #sawfish esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Freshwater Crocodiles on the Fitzroy River, Kimberley, Western Australia, July 2023 #crikey #Martuwarra

Check out our recent publication on "The Pouched Lamprey (Geotria australis Gray, 1851) in Mediterranean streams of the Southern Hemisphere" doi.org/10.29094/FiSHM… Murdoch University Research Fish and Fisheries

We just came across a de-sawed Freshwater Sawfish in the Fitzroy River, Western Australia. The fish was skinny as a result, and is likely to starve in time. Not only cruel, it is an offence to take the saw. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

NEW STUDY: Effects of coastal development on sawfish movements - Need for marine animal crossing solutions Lear et al. compared catch rates & movement behaviour (via acoustic telemetry) of juvenile sawfish before/after construction in a nursery habitat. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1…

NEW PAPER Ectoparasites of the Critically Endangered green sawfish and sympatric elasmobranchs in Western Australia by Ingelbrecht et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.pari… Pictured: the fate of a newly discovered monogenean parasite might be intrinsically linked to that of its host.

Who’s ya kin! Exciting paper on Green Sawfish in Western Australia - kinship relationships. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aq…