{"id":4951,"date":"2020-07-27T03:45:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T03:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mli.org.au\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2020-07-27T03:45:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T03:45:59","slug":"seven-key-tips-for-a-fish-friendly-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/seven-key-tips-for-a-fish-friendly-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven key tips for a fish friendly farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Native fish need shelter, clean water, food and room to move. A new guide released on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Finterest  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/finterest.com.au\/7-key-tips-for-a-fish-friendly-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Finterest <\/a>(a partnership between the Murray Darling Basin Authority and Australian River Restoration Centre) describes seven actions you can do to benefit native fish life in the streams on or near your farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, the key steps include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have large woody debris (snags) in your stream<\/li><li>Grow native vegetation on the stream banks (riparian area)<\/li><li>Install fish-friendly crossings<\/li><li>Control or treat agricultural runoff<\/li><li>Provide water for stock off-stream<\/li><li>Control the opening of floodgates<\/li><li>Protect your wetlands<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/finterest.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Finterest website (opens in a new tab)\">Finterest website<\/a> has been established to provide inspiration and knowledge for anyone interested in Australian freshwater fish. The website focuses mainly on the Murray-Darling Basin as much of the research and experience gained through the Native Fish Strategy (2003-2013) funded through the Murray-Darling Basin Authority is shared here.\u00a0Since 2013 Finterest has been continuing to share great stories and information about the work being undertaken across Australia to \u2018bring back native fish\u2019.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Native fish need shelter, clean water, food and room to move. A new guide released on Finterest (a partnership between the Murray Darling Basin Authority and Australian River Restoration Centre) describes seven actions you can do to benefit native fish life in the streams on or near your farm. In summary, the key steps include:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[108],"class_list":["post-4951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dams","pmpro-has-access","category-81","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4953,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951\/revisions\/4953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}