Inland Fisheries Service News
Freshwater Angling Licences are now available for the 2025-26 Fishing Season
The new angling season opens on Friday 1 August with brown trout waters open from Saturday 2 August 2025. Be prepared and purchase your licence now! This season, if you are aged between 18 and 21 years of age, you can once again benefit from a heavily discounted licence as part of the Inland Fisheries...
Fishing Clinic for New Norfolk High School Students
Last week, staff from NRE Fisheries Tasmania and the Inland Fisheries Service hosted a joint fishing clinic along the River Derwent at the New Norfolk Esplanade. Students from New Norfolk High School had the opportunity to learn a range of freshwater fishing techniques, including bait, lure, and fly fishing. They were also taught about responsible...
IFS attend lamprey workshop in Nelson, New Zealand
Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) Senior Fisheries Manager Jonah Yick was recently invited to attend and present at the Cawthron Institute’s Emerging Aquatic Diseases Programme Science Update, and an associated workshop on lamprey reddening syndrome in Nelson, New Zealand. He was also given tours of the Cawthron Aquaculture Park – including the FinFish Research Centre in...
Honours Project Available - Development of a Mathematical Stocking Model for Assisted Trout Fisheries in Tasmania
Calling all potential fisheries management and modelling students with a passion for trout and the Tasmanian inland fishery! The Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) is collaborating with the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) to develop a mathematical stocking model to support the management of assisted trout fisheries in Tasmania. If you have recently completed...
Wilburville Sign - Arthurs Lake
It has come to our attention that an anglers access sign (installed at the start of this year at Wilburville, Arthurs Lake) indicates that dogs are not allowed. This is not correct, dogs are permitted at that location if they are under effective control. The sign will be amended in the near future. The IFS apologises...
