Inland Fisheries Service News
Stopping fish from escaping at Four Springs Lake
Recently we replaced the barrier net at Four Springs Lake. The barrier net is located across the spillway at the dam and is in place to stop trout escaping in times of flood. After being in place for several years the old net had become quite brittle from the sun, and had several holes in...
River Clyde fish salvage
Due to low water levels we completed a salvage of trout in the upper River Clyde. We recovered 172 brown and 51 rainbow trout. The fish were released into Lake Crescent. There were 8 dead fish. We would like to thank anglers for letting us know that there were fish stranded in the river.
Rainbows at Liawenee
The rainbow trout spawning migration has started in Liawenee Canal. We use our trap on the canal to monitor the spawning run. We weigh and measure some fish as part of our long-term monitoring program. We sort the fish and place them into channels. This assists them to spawn naturally, away from where the brown...
South Riana Dam fact sheet and map.
South Riana Dam has become recognised as a boutique fishery in the north west. Since its creation in 2015 the dam has developed in to an excellent regional water with its convenient location just 20 km from Penguin. Regular stocking with wild brown trout fry by the IFS has underpinned the existing trout population and...
Hydro Tasmania - King and Yolande Sustainability Review
Why are reviews important? We regularly conduct sustainability reviews of the catchments we use for generating hydropower. This year our focus is on the King and Yolande catchments. Our study aims to increase our knowledge of the lakes and waterways as well as the reasons that people value them. The feedback you provide, together with...
