Murray-Darling Basin irrigation screens aim to stop millions of native fish deaths from water pumps

Managing environmental water to protect populations of native fish has been a key part of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan since it was implemented in 2012.

But research in recent years has revealed that millions of native fish are being lost each year in preventable circumstances.

Fish, fingerlings, eggs, larvae, other water life and debris are being sucked into the thousands of irrigation pumps throughout the Murray-Darling river systems.

Chief executive…