Science

Mackay Whitsunday Isaac Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership founding member, Mackay Regional Council is working hard to deliver fishways that help maintain fish stocks in the region’s waterways. [...]

“Thanks to funding from Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, we finally have a baseline of the condition of water quality, coral reefs and seagrass meadows in the southern inshore reporting area of the [...]

Concerned sugarcane growers around Sandy Creek, south-west of Mackay, initiated water quality monitoring after some pesticide concentrations were found to be higher than the concentration of [...]

Advancements in our understanding of the impacts of pesticides on aquatic species mean that scores for contaminants are expected to worsen in our freshwater basins and estuaries. Improvements in [...]

The report provides advice on the best approach to meeting the Queensland Government’s ambitious reef water quality targets (to reduce nitrogen run-off by up to 80 per cent and sediment run-off [...]

Stream bank erosion is a major source of sediment in many watercourses. This has multiple implications including degrading water quality, reducing ecosystem habitat and the loss of agricultural [...]

In 2012, Mackay Regional Council introduced an Erosion and Sediment Control Compliance Program (ESCCP), targeting projects in the construction phase of development. Land development and building [...]

The Mackay Region has undergone extensive urban development that has led to the removal and degradation of an array of natural ecosystems. These aquatic systems benefit a wide variety of fauna by [...]

In partnership with the Australian and Queensland Governments and the Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF), BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) committed in 2012 to contributing $5 [...]