Inland Fisheries Service News
Winter fish transfers
The opening of the 2018-19 brown trout season is fast approaching. Great excitement surrounds this season’s opening, and rightly so. Almost 30 000 adult wild brown trout ran into our migratory fish traps since April. Many have been released into Assisted Lake fisheries. To compliment the brown trout stockings, we stocked over 13 000 triploid rainbow trout...
A successful whitebait conviction
Codie Button of Smithton appeared in Burnie Magistrates Court on Thursday 19 July 2018. Mr Button appeared on several charges relating to the illegal taking of whitebait. The offences took place last spring at the Welcome River in the far North-West. Mr Button was convicted of five charges: Possessing a non-permitted net at an inland...
Carp Management Program attends National Carp Control Plan workshop
Last week, Jonah Yick, IFS Leader of the Tasmanian Carp Management Program attended a workshop in Canberra. The workshop was part of a larger project under the National Carp Control Plan (NCCP). At the workshop there were specialists from all over the country including: researchers of small and large fish, plant scientists, waterbird scientists,...
The Tumbledown Creek bridge is closed
Tumbledown Creek Bridge next to Arthurs Lake is closed. The bridge allowing access to Little Lake and Gunns Lake. The deteriorating structural condition is causing the closure. This timber bridge was originally built nearly 15 years ago. It provided access to transmission lines. Hydro Tasmania (HT) left the bridge in place to allow recreational...
Anglers Access getting ready for the new season
We have been busy updating Anglers Access Program signs with the new regulations for the 2018-19 season. This means travelling all over the State. At the same time, we completed maintenance to navigation lights at major boat ramps. New Anglers Access Program brochures will be available from the IFS Website and tackle shops before the...
