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  • Fishing near me
  • Anglers Access Program
  • Accessible Angling
  • Fisheries Performance
  • Things to check
  • Lake levels, river flows and weather
  • Fishing from a boat
  • Safety
  • Things to know
  • Angling Licence
  • Season dates and times
  • Bag and size limits
  • Allowed angling methods
  • The seaward limit
  • Tasmanian Inland Fishing Code
  • Whitebait recreational fishery
  • More information
  • Search the A to Z of Waters
  • Latest Fish Stocking
  • Update Your Details
  • Infish Mobile App
  • Cormorant Information
  • Commercial Eel Fishery

Fisheries performance

We undertake surveys to understand and better manage the fishery.

We use netting, trapping and electro-fishing to assess fish populations and the Angler Postal Survey (APS) to assess your fishing.

Read the results of these surveys and see how a fishery is performing.

Fishery Performance assessment reports

Angler Postal Survey reports

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