Anglers' group joins fishway attack
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A recreational fishing group has joined conservationists in criticising Wide Bay Water Corporation for failing to install a fishway over a weir in the Burrum River.
The Wide Bay Burnett Conservation Council says thousands of Australian bass died because they could not get over the Burrum Weir.
The secretary of Fraser Coast Sunfish, Martin Bellert, says the whole ecosystem is being damaged because the company has not installed a transfer device.
"The Barramundi fishery in the Burrum River has declined in recent years and this is the reason why we really need that fishway to provide the reserve of stock to replenish the fish stocks in the river," he said.
"But there's also a whole [lot] of all the other small fishes in the food chain."
Wide Bay Water says it will install a fish transfer system at the weir as soon as it finds one that works properly.
