Centennial Parklands
Supporter News
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Thank you Reg Walsh
Our special thanks this week to Mr Reg Walsh for donating two trees - a Norfolk Island Pine and a Holm Oak.
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Thanks to Gaye Kelly
Special thanks to Ms Gaye Kelly for donating a Yellow Wood tree to the Foundation's tree appeal.
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Thank you Sandra McKenzie
Our special thanks this week to Ms Sandra Mackenzie for donating a Port Jackson Fig for her granddaughters.
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Thank you Lucy Allan and Family
Our special thanks this week to Lucy Allan & Family for donating a Yellow Wood tree to Peter James & Elizabeth Allan.
Native fish released to reduce carp in Centennial Parklands
Posted: 5 March 2012
The Centennial Parklands Foundation today released 4,000 native bass fingerlings into Centennial Parklands ponds in a special ceremony with the Australian Chinese Charity Foundation (ACCF).
The Foundation received a $6,800 grant from the ACCF to purchase the native bass and assist with the carp mitigation program within the ponds in Centennial Park. The grant will also cover the cost of the provision of additional fishing equipment for the Parklands' fishing programs for people with a disability.
Peter Hadfield, Executive Officer of the Centennial Parklands Foundation, said: “The Centennial Parklands Foundation is grateful for the wonderful support provided by the Australian Chinese Charity Foundation. The grant will help us reach our environmental goals of reducing carp numbers in the ponds”.
The Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust (Trust) has an ongoing Carp Eradication Program aimed at eliminating carp from the Parklands’ pond system, and to encourage native fish stocks to develop. This program has resulted in the removal of over 10 tonnes of carp from the pond system since 1998 – the largest carp weighing a record 24 kilograms!
The Trust has been gradually introducing native Australian bass (Macquaria novemaculeata) into the pond ecosystem to reduce carp numbers. 15,000 Australian Bass have been released into the Parklands ponds since 2005.
The event was attended by members from the ACCF, non-for-profit organisation Head East (a community based service for people with an acquired brain injury) and Parklands volunteers. Each successfully took turns releasing the bass fingerlings into Willow Pond in Centennial Park.
Further information
For more information on the carp management program read the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust Carp Management Fact Sheet.
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Contact: Amy Jozing
Phone: (02) 9339 6699
