Unsustainable extraction at the Murray-Darling Basin: First the gold, then Murray cod.

"Commercial fishing was largely responsible for the decline in Murray cod stocks over many decades. But the decline was hastened by dispossession of Aboriginal peoples, habitat destruction, the construction of dams and barriers, changes to river flows, the introduction of alien fishes and declining water quality."
"Across all jurisdictions, stocks are much lower than prior to European colonisation."
Extract from The Life and Times of the Murray Cod, CSIRO Publishing, 2023.

https://theconversation.com/hungry-gold-miners-created-victorias-murray-cod-fisheries-and-were-still-dealing-with-the-consequences-206768

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