Zanné Brink Fynbos Forum Port Elizabeth 28 July 2016 Background Project Aims Individual Milestones - Alien clearing - Monitoring - Awareness Document Development Fish : Species Richness Fish : Endemic Species Fish : Threatened Species Species Common name IUCN Red List status Distribution Pseudobarbus sp. Doring River redfin Critically endangered Endemic Olifants-Doorn “Phlegethon Doring” River, un discribed Barbus erubescens Twee River redfin Critically endangered Endemic Olifants-Doorn River Labeo seeberi Clanwilliam sandfish Endangered Endemic Olifants-Doorn River Barbus serra Clanwilliam sawfin Endangered Endemic Olifants-Doorn River Pseudobarbus phlegethon Fiery redfin Endangered Endemic Olifants-Doorn River Austroglanis barnardi Spotted rock catfish Endangered Endemic Olifants-Doorn River Barbus calidus Clanwilliam redfin Vulnerable Endemic Olifants-Doorn River Labeobarbus capensis Clanwilliam yellowfish Vulnerable Endemic Olifants-Doorn River Austroglanis gilli Clanwilliam rock catfish Vulnerable Endemic Olifants-Doorn River Galaxias zebratus Cape galaxias Data Deficient Endemic to the CFR Rehabilitate the Twee River catchment through management of alien invasive (fish and plants); Operationally engage with the WWF Sustainable Fruit project, AND Water Stewardship initiatives to develop farm level management plans to enable better practice and minimize impacts on the catchment; Provide maintenance support to existing and new Stewardship sites; Job creation and skills development within the local communities; Provide key species-level conservation interventions for the critically endangered Twee River redfin and the Twee River galaxias fish species; Awareness raising within the local farming community to improve understanding and awareness of the project and freshwater management, and fish conservation. ALIEN CLEARING - Before ALIEN CLEARING - After ALIEN CLEARING - Before ALIEN CLEARING - After ALIEN CLEARING - Before ALIEN CLEARING - Before ALIEN CLEARING – Before and After ALIEN CLEARING - Before ALIEN CLEARING - After WEIR – Proposed Site MONITORING - Sites IUCN Common Species Distribution Red List name Status Family Cyprinidae Barbus Twee River Critically Endemic erubescens redfin endangered Family Galaxiidae Galaxias Data Cape galaxias Indigenous zebratus deficient Common Species Status name Family Anabantidae Indigenous extralimital Sandelia capensis Cape Kurper invader Family Cyprinidae Labeobarbus Clanwilliam Indigenous extralimital capensis yellowfish invader Family Centrarchidae Micropterus Smallmouth bass Alien dolomieu Lepomis Bluegill sunfish Alien macrochirus Family Salmonidae Oncorhynchus Rainbow trout Alien mykiss Farm Level Management Plan – key conservation areas Riparian zone best practice Herbicide usage Biodiversity Management Plan – Twee River redfin Thank You Zanné Brink CapeNature E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 022 931 2900 .