出版社：Government of Western Australia / Department of Fisheries
摘要：The WA Native Fish Strategy was funded by the State NRM office. Research was carried
out by the Department of Fisheries (Biodiversity and Biosecurity Branch) and Department of
Water (Drainage and Waterways Branch and Water Science Branch).
The Department of Fisheries role in this project was to review and compile survey data on
the distribution of native and feral fish populations and review management options. The
outcomes of this were, the development of a database and a public website both containing
distributional information on native and introduced freshwater fish and invertebrate species
in Western Australia.
The database was developed to improve data management, accessibility and collaboration
between institutions. The system is designed to capture and consolidate all available historical
and future freshwater species distributional information. Existing freshwater species distributional
data were sought from various sources and entered into the database. While the project obtained
all available distributional information, not all known historical datasets were provided.
The database will continue to be expanded via the information collected through the scientific
exemption process and collaboration with other research organisations. The existing exemption
process requires that individuals or organisations wishing to undertake research on freshwater
fauna must first apply for a scientific research exemption from the Department of Fisheries.
The Department has recently made it a condition of the exemption for researchers to provide a
record of native and feral fish species sampled during the course of their research. This will, for
all future research overcome the aforementioned limitation of some datasets not being provided
for inclusion in the Freshwater Fish Distribution in Western Australia database and website.
The website Freshwater Fish Distribution in Western Australia is intended to complement
the database and serve as an information source for the general public on freshwater fish and
invertebrate species which inhabit their local waterways.
The Department of Fisheries is confident that the Freshwater Fish Distribution Database and
website will prove to be essential tools for the strategic management of native freshwater fish
and invertebrates in Western Australia
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