Management of Tilapia in NE Queensland

Project manager: Damien Burrows

Project staff: Alan Webb, Colton Perna, Vern Veitch, Aaron Davis, Matthew Knott

Collaborators: FNQ NRM, Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM, Mitchell Watershed Management Group, Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, WTMA

Funding body: Terrain NRM

Timeline: June 2006 – June 2008

Project summary:

The Wet Tropics and Burdekin regions of NE Queensland host the greatest number of exotic and translocated pest fish species of any region in Australia. This project aims to: delineate the distribution of these species; study the ecology of the most widespread exotic fish – tilapia; undertake public education programs to stop further spread of such fish; and to devise plans to control new and existing infestations.