9 October 2020 Update Where in the MDB is Larry this week? Tracking the progress of lamprey migration up the River Murray Murray-Darling Basin River Murray system Tributary Lake Lock Wilcannia 5 Lock number Larry is here! Town Broken Hill h DARLING RIVER c n a r b a n A a alk Menindee Lakes Talyw Menindee Weir 32 h nc ra b a n SOUTH AUSTRALIA A g in l Pooncarie r a D t a Pooncarie Weir e r G Burtundy Weir Lake Victoria Wentworth NEW SOUTH WALES 2 6 DARLING RIVER Morgan Lachlan River Renmark Lake Bonney 11 Barren Box Swamp Grith Mildura Gogeldrie Weir Blanchetown 1 3 5 7 9 10 Redbank Weir MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER Stur 8 Euston Lakes Hay t Canal Euston Loxton 4 RIVER MURRAY Balranald Weir Leeton Maude Weir MIA Main Canal Robinvale Balranald Hay Weir Tombullen Storage Burrinjuck Dam Colleambally Yanco Weir Lake Burrinjuck Yass Mannum 15 MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER R Wilcannia Colleambally I Gundagai V Moulamein Canal E eek Berembed Weir Murray Bridge R E o Cr M W dw Wagga Wagga ak ard U o Ri anc o ver Y Lake Alexandrina R l R R iv Jerilderie Tumut Canberra A er Barrages Y Stevens Weir Deniliquin Goolwa Swan Hill Bill Wakool Canal abon g Cr eek Holbrook Kerang Weir Barham Mulwala Canal Lake Albert Broken Hill 26 RIVER MURRAY Macorna Yarrawonga Weir Channel Barmah Lake Mulwala Corowa Hume Dam The Coor Choke h Lake Hume Kow Swamp cYarrawonga DARLING RIVER Main Channel Albury National n RIVER MURRAY a ong Channel r B b ro Yarrawonga ke O Echucaa n v Wodonga C e n r n r e s A M Cooma e Charlton e R v Shepparton k i i i a Wangaratta v t e t R r k a l K a r a M i c ew e Menindee Lakes o yv i Waranga l i w t v a t T R East Goulburn B a A a Western e r R r o e p Main Channel R iv k e v Channel s Waranga i r i Benalla e a v R n e p Basin r n Goulburn Weir R m o i a Bendigo v d VICTORIA e C Dartmouth Dam d r o Menindee L Lake Dartmouth G ou Eildon Weir Seymour lb ur n R iver Lake Eildon Weir 32 h 1nc ra b a n SOUTH AUSTRALIA A g in l Pooncarie r 1 a D t a Pooncarie Weir e r 6 1 3 G Burtundy Weir Lake Victoria Wentworth NEW SOUTH WALES 2 6 DARLING RIVER Morgan Lachlan River Renmark Lake Bonney 11 Barren Box Swamp Grith Mildura Gogeldrie Weir Blanchetown 1 3 5 7 9 10 Redbank Weir MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER Stur 8 Euston Lakes Hay t Canal Euston Loxton 4 RIVER MURRAY Balranald Weir Leeton Maude Weir MIA Main Canal Robinvale Balranald Hay Weir Tombullen Storage 19 Burrinjuck Dam 2 3 Colleambally Yanco Weir Lake Burrinjuck Yass Mannum 15 MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER 5 R Colleambally 3 I Gundagai 7 V Moulamein Canal E eek Berembed Weir Murray Bridge R E o Cr M W dw Wagga Wagga ak ard U o Ri anc o ver Y Lake Alexandrina R l R R iv Jerilderie Tumut Canberra A er Barrages Y Stevens Weir Deniliquin Goolwa Swan Hill ool Canal Billa Wak Trap used to sample the Tauwitchereb on Lock by lock breakdown of numbers of pouched lampreys Pouched lamprey g Cr eek Holbrook passing through fishways (Geotria Keaustralis)rang Weir Barham Barrage small vertical-slotMulwala Canal fishway Lake Albert 26 RIVER MURRAY Macorna Yarrawonga Weir Channel Barmah Lake Mulwala Corowa Hume Dam The Coor Choke Lake Hume Kow Swamp Yarrawonga Main Channel Albury National RIVER MURRAY ong Channel B ro Yarrawonga ke O Echuca n v Wodonga Week by week breakdown of lampreys caught and tagged at barrage fishways e C r n r e s M Cooma e Charlton e R v Shepparton k i i i Wangaratta v t e t R r a K a r M i c e e o v i Waranga i w t Week Recorded Totalv pouched Total short-headed t R East Goulburn B a A a Western e r R r o e p Main Channel R iv k e v Channel s Waranga i r i Benalla e a v R n e p Basin r n Goulburn Weir R m o i a 11 pouched @ Goolwa Bendigo v d VICTORIA e C Dartmouth Dam d r o Week 1 - 27-31 July 3 pouched @ Mundoo 15 L - Lake Dartmouth G ou Eildon Weir Seymour lb @ Tauwitchere ur 1 pouched n R iver Lake Eildon 57 pouched @ Goolwa 76 Week 2 - 10-14 Aug 3 short-headed @ Goolwa 3 4 pouched @ Mundoo 8 pouched @ Goolwa Week 3 - 24-27 Aug 93 3 9 pouched @ Mundoo Week 4 - 7-13 Sept 4 pouched @ Goolwa 97 3 3 pouched @ Goolwa Week 5 - 28 Sept - 2 Oct 101 3 1 pouched @ Boundary Creek Lamprey monitoring is supported by SARDI, a division of Department of Primary Industries and Regions, Department for Environment and Water, Commonwealth Environmental Water Office, SA Water and CSIRO. Monitoring is funded by The Living Murray initiative..