Mercury in Marine and Freshwater Fish of Papua New Guinea

1979 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 617 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Sorentino
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Total Mercury ◽  
River System ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Mercury Content ◽  
World Health ◽  
Lates Calcarifer ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Fly River

A survey was carried out of the mercury content of 19 fish species from 18 locations In the coastal and fresh waters of Papua New Guinea. Most commercial catches had total mercury contents well below the 0.5 �g/g limit recommended by the World Health Organization, the only exception being barramundi (Lates calcarifer) caught in the Fly River system. The presence of mercury in this river is discussed.

Copper in the fly river system (Papua new guinea) as influenced by discharges of mine residue: Overview of the study and preliminary findings

1988 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 931-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Salomons ◽  
M. Eagle ◽  
E. Schwedhelm ◽  
E. Allersma ◽  
J. Bril ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
River System ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Fly River

Response of barramundi, Lates calcarifer, populations in the Fly River, Papua New Guinea to mining, fishing and climate-related perturbation

2005 ◽  
Vol 56 (7) ◽  
pp. 969 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Milton ◽  
Markson Yarrao ◽  
Gary Fry ◽  
Charles Tenakanai
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Commercial Fishery ◽  
Artisanal Fishery ◽  
Lates Calcarifer ◽  
Gill Nets ◽  
Breeding Grounds ◽  
Catch Rates ◽  
Fly River

Migrating barramundi (Perciformes : Centropomidae) spawners support a valuable artisanal fishery on the coast of south-western Papua New Guinea. This fishery declined dramatically during the 1990s shortly after the large Ok Tedi copper mine began in the headwaters of the large Fly River nearby. In order to understand the factors causing the decline, populations were sampled quarterly with gill-nets at over 20 sites throughout the Fly River from 1987 to 2001. Barramundi were most abundant in the middle and upper reaches of the Fly River. No evidence was found that output from the large Ok Tedi mine was negatively impacting on barramundi catch rates. However, the commercial fishery in the middle Fly River was found to have a negative impact on the weight of barramundi in monitoring catches in that region. Additionally, catch rates of juvenile barramundi (1 year olds) in the Fly River were negatively correlated with the amount of rainfall on the breeding grounds during the previous monsoon. This suggests that the reduced catch rates in the coastal commercial fishery in the late 1980s and early 1990s may have been affected by both the riverine commercial fishery and the El Niño (ENSO) that occurred at that time.

Description of three new species of Glossogobius from Australia and New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1981 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOUGLASS F. HOESE ◽  
GERALD R. ALLEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
River System ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Clear Water ◽  
Gobiid Fish ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Glossogobius Giuris ◽  
Fly River

The present paper describes two new species of the gobiid fish genus Glossogobius from southern New Guinea and a third related species from northeastern Australia. All three species are restricted to a small number of river systems. Glossogobius bellendenensis, sp. nov. is distinctive in having reduced predorsal scales and fin-ray counts and mental frenum shape. It is restricted to relatively clear water rivers of northeastern Queensland. The closely related, Glossogobius muscorum sp. nov. is also distinctive in reduced predorsal scales and fin-ray count and is found only in the Fly River system of New Guinea. Glossogobius robertsi sp. nov. is distinctive in fin-ray and scale counts and is found in the Fly River in Papua New Guinea and possibly in a river in Papua close to the Fly River. That species has been confused with Glossogobius giuris, which generally occurs in lower reaches of the river.

scholarly journals The effect of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on station rainfall and river level in the Fly River system, Papua New Guinea

2013 ◽  
Vol 118 (19) ◽  
pp. 10,926-10,935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian J. Matthews ◽  
Geoff Pickup ◽  
Simon C. Peatman ◽  
Peter Clews ◽  
Jason Martin
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
River System ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Madden Julian Oscillation ◽  
River Level ◽  
Fly River
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