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Queensland Implementation Report 2004-2005

Queensland Stakeholder Consultation During 2004–2005

Stakeholder Group Contact Type
Commonwealth Government agencies
Murray-Darling Basin Commission NFS Coordinators meeting, Brisbane, 29 July 2004.
Community Stakeholder Group (CSG) Meeting, Mildura, 24 Aug 2004.
NFS Coordinators meeting, Adelaide, 18 Nov 2004.
NFS Coordinators meeting, Canberra, 28 April 2005.
MDBC’s Knowledge Communicator was an invited speaker at the Demonstration Reach Workshop, May 2005.
Wetlands Workshop, Canberra, 7–8 June 2005.
State Government Environment and Fishing agencies
DPI&F Inter-departmental discussions and meetings with:
The Southern Fishway Team Leader in relation to surveys of barriers in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin, and recommended fishway design/ or potential removal; and
The Pest Fish Coordinator concerning possible rapid response trials in the Murray-Darling Basin.
DNR&M Various discussions concerning the provision of flow regimes for native fish purposes.
The South West Senior Planning Officer attended the Demonstration Reach Workshop in May 2005.
EPA Queensland Discussions concerning the management of threatened fish species in Queensland.
State Government water use agencies
Sunwater A Sunwater representative attended the Demonstration Reach Workshop in May 2005.
Regional Natural Resource Management Groups
QMDC Various meetings to discuss fish barriers and demonstration reaches. Two technical officers attended, and the Regional Water Quality and Riverine Management Coordinator was an invited speaker at the Demonstration Reach Workshop in May 2005.
CA The Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator was an invited speaker at the Demonstration Reach Workshop in May 2005.
SWNRM A representative from SWNRM was an invited speaker at the Demonstration Reach Workshop in May 2005.
Indigenous Users
  Targeted via QMDC, CA and SWNRM.
Commercial users (fishers, agriculture)
Aquaculturalists Preliminary discussions regarding NSW hatchery quality assurance.
Community Users (fishers, campers)
Southern Freshwater Fisheries Workshop Presentation to Fish stocking groups in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin about the NFS, Stanthorpe 21/22 May 2005.
Landcare Trusts
  Landcare coordinators targeted via regional NRM groups for subcatchment planning and water quality testing.
Local government
  Discussions with Paroo and Mitchell Shire Councils in relation to possible weir removal projects.
Research organisations
GU, Centre for Riverine Landscapes Discussions to introduce the NFS and to find out about the native fish projects underway in the region. June 2005.
Other
WWF Australia WWF representative attended Demonstration Reach Workshop to introduce NFS and have follow-up discussions about barrier removal in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin.



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