In 1864, Tasmania introduced brown trout from England for sport; 162 years later, conservationists are creating trout-free havens for a native fish with only about 6,000 left
Tasmania introduced brown trout from England for sport More than 160 years after Tasmania introduced British brown trout to create a major recreational fishery, conservation workers are building artificial barriers and clearing entire waterways to save a tiny native fish from extinction. The Swan galaxias (Galaxias fontanus), a small, scaleless freshwater fish found only in…
