AFANT Research Projects

AFANT's Involvement in Fish Tagging and Monitoring Programs in 2009
AFANT continues to monitor barramundi in the Roper and Victoria Rivers through our Billy Taylor Barrawatch program. In 2009 approximately 580 barra were recorded in the project and 475 of these were released. Since it commenced in 2000, 6445 barramundi captures have been recorded in the Billy Taylor program and 5274 of these fish were released. 36 tagged fish were recaptured in 2009, the most since the program commenced. This brings the total number of Billy Taylor tagged fish recaptured to 154. The chart below shows Billy Talyor Barrawatch activity in the Victoria and Roper Rivers since 2000.

NT Fisheries has now commenced a review of our monitoring and tagging programs and we expect advice from them early in 2010 on how recreational fishers can best contribute to the NT’s fishery research and monitoring programs.