Publication Date

1983

Series Number

Fisheries Report 59

Publisher

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Western Australia

City

Perth

ISBN

0 7244 9308 5

ISSN

0726-0733

Abstract

This report examines the history, future and problems of various methods for development and exploitation of the fisheries resources of the Ord.

The primary resource is the array of native fish and crustacean species, with the possible introduction of other desirable or noxious species being a subject for consideration.

Water resources, supporting these species, are the remaining natural Ord River downstream from the Diversion Dam at Kununurra, the stillwaters of Lake Kununurra and Lake Argyle, and, for aquaculture, the controlled distribution of water supply over the flat land of the irrigation system (Fig. 1). Another recognized resource is the climatic suitability of the Ord for aquaculture production.

Conventional methods of exploitation are commercial (professional) and amateur (sport) catch fisheries. A third important, and as yet unrealized, method is aquaculture; the latter includes farming of food and ornamental (aquarium) species and the provision of tourist attractions in the form of aquariums, and associated displays, and fish-out ponds.

Number of Pages

26

Keywords

Ord River, Fishing, Western Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Environmental Monitoring | Fresh Water Studies | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Water Resource Management

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