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The Inland Fisheries Service replaced the Inland Fisheries Commission in March 2000 under new legislation, the Inland Fisheries Act 1995, which established a Director of Inland Fisheries and the Inland Fisheries Advisory Council to advise the Minister responsible.
The Inland Fisheries Service replaced the Inland Fisheries Commission in March 2000 under new legislation, the Inland Fisheries Act 1995, which established a Director of Inland Fisheries and the Inland Fisheries Advisory Council to advise the Minister responsible. The Act sets out the Responsibilities of the Service, including its core functions and jurisdiction.
The previous Commission had operated as an autonomous statutory body since the late 1950's. It replaced the original Salmon Commission, which was set up in the early 1860’s with the aim of establishing a salmonid fishery in Tasmania. At that time, the ‘Salmon Ponds’ at Plenty was built by the Commission to grow live salmon and trout eggs shipped from England for the stocking of Tasmanian inland waters.
