Editing Murray cod (section)

===Conservation measures===
State government fisheries departments support Murray cod populations by stocking with hatchery-bred fish, especially in man-made lakes.<ref name=Koehn2004/> Important issues affecting restoration of cod populations, such as the need for spring floods and excessive angler take, are slowly being acknowledged <ref name=Koehn2004/> but are yet to be definitely addressed.<ref name=McKeller2004>{{cite web |last=McKelleher
 |first=R. |title=An outline of the threatened species listing process under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) |url=http://www.mdbc.gov.au/__data/page/641/6_Rob_McKelleher.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment and Heritage (DEH) |access-date=3 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325070451/http://www2.mdbc.gov.au/__data/page/641/6_Rob_McKelleher.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2012}}</ref> Other concerns such as the stocking of Murray cod in areas where [[trout cod]] (''M. macquariensis'') are recovering encourages [[hybridisation (biology)|hybridisation]] and needs consideration for future restocking programs.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Couch|first1=Alan|author2=Peter J. Unmack|author3=Fiona J. Dyer|author4=Mark Lintermans|title=Who's your mama? Riverine hybridisation of threatened freshwater Trout Cod and Murray Cod|journal=PeerJ|date=27 October 2016|volume=4:e2593|pages=e2593|doi= 10.7717/peerj.2593|pmc=5088581
 |pmid=27812407 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

[[Image:Tocumwal Big Cod.JPG|thumb|Statue of a Murray cod in [[Tocumwal]], [[New South Wales]]]]