Tasmania treated invasive grass; fish species more than doubled in 3 years

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Efforts in Tasmania's Duck Bay wetland to remove invasive rice grass have led to a significant ecological recovery, with fish species more than doubling from five to eleven in three years. The reduction of invasive species has allowed native saltmarsh plants and fish like yellow-eye mullet to return.

Tasmania’s Duck Bay wetland is showing signs of recovery after years of work to remove invasive rice grass. Circular Head Landcare has reduced the weed from about 50 hectares to five, allowing native saltmarsh plants to return. University of Tasmania scientists found fish species increased from five to 11, with yellow-eye mullet and other species returning to restored areas.