The Inland Fisheries Service head office will close for the Festive Season from Wednesday, 24 December 2025 at 12:00 noon and will return to normal business hours on Monday, 5 January 2026.

We will still have our Fisheries Officers out and about in the field, so please say hello if you see us.

The Festive Season would be a great time to try and catch one of the prize-winning fish in our Tagged Trout Promotion. The first tagged trout captured from Yingina / Great Lake this season will win $25,000! All other tagged trout from Yingina / Great Lake and other designated waters containing tagged trout around Tasmania during the Promotion will win $5,000!

Angling licences can still be purchased on our website, at a Service Tasmania Centre in Burnie, Devonport, Launceston, Hobart or Glenorchy, and fishing tackle stores.

If you see any suspicious activity while you are out and about over the festive season, please contact us on 0438 338 530.

Best wishes and tights lines from us all at the IFS.