Another mass fish stocking for Macquarie River
Another mass fish stocking for Macquarie River 11 March 2021 Wayne Gilbert releasing the yellowbelly fingerlings. MORE than 64,000 yellow belly (golden perch) have been released into Macquarie River, following the December release of 50,000 Murray cod fingerlings, born from fish rescued from drying stretches of the Macquarie River during the drought. Inland Waterways OzFish volunteers said that although 64,000 yellow belly have been released today, one single healthy breeding golden perch in the wild can lay 500,000 eggs in a year, so the answer to truly thriving rivers is healthy habitat a...