July 2014 Inland Fisheries Service News Archive
ARC Funding for genetic control of Gambusia
The University of Tasmania in collaboration with Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) and NRM North has recently secured research funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to genetically control Gambusia. The Gambusia is a pest fish of national concern and in Tasmania it is currently restricted around the Tamar Island Wetland Reserve (TIWR) in the Tamar...
Inland Fisheries Service presents work at the Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) and the Australian Society for Limnology (ASL) joint congress in Darwin
The 2014 ASFB and ASL congress was held from the 30 June to 3 July at the Darwin Convention Centre. Delegates from universities, environment, and fisheries bodies around Australia attended the conference. There were 237 oral presentations, including two given by Fisheries Biologist Jonah Yick and Senior Fisheries Management officer Rob Freeman, both representing the...
Lake Barrington gets some big rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon
Today (8 July 2014) the Inland Fisheries Service stocked some big fish into Lake Barrington. The fish were kindly donated by Springfield Fisheries and some were over five kilograms in weight. There were 225 Atlantic salmon ranging between four and five kilograms and 400 rainbow trout ranging between two and three kilograms stocked into the...
Craigbourne Dam stocked with Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout
Today (9 July 2014) the Inland Fisheries Service stocked Craigbourne Dam. The fish were kindly donated by Springfield Fisheries with some of the Atlantic salmon over five kilograms in weight. There were 310 Atlantic salmon ranging between two and four kilograms and 300 rainbow trout averaging two kilograms stocked into Craigbourne today. Anglers are reminded...
How to Report Suspected Disease in Fish
Mr Barry Calderbank Communications Officer BioSecurity Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) advises that in most cases it is not possible to make a diagnosis from a photograph, other than to say that it looks unusual and should be further investigated. It is really necessary to get samples to our Launceston Laboratory...
