Inland Fisheries Service News
Supporting safe boating on Hydro Tasmania lakes
In 2014 Hydro Tasmania and IFS installed navigation lights at 30 major boat ramps around Tasmania with financial support from Marine and Safety Tasmania's (MAST) Recreational Boating Fund (RBF). These lights are automatically activated on dusk or low light and provide guidance for boaters to navigate safely back to their launch point. The lights are...
M35-18 Dunrobin Bridge – Lake Meadowbank
Mariners are advised that BridgePro Engineering undertaking maintenance works to the Dunrobin Bridge commenced on Monday, 26 February 2018 and concluding in May 2018. A low level barge will be used to facilitate the works. The barge will have a marker buoy installed on either side of the works in the span in which it...
Report to Anglers – December 2017 to February 2018
On Sunday 25 February, Anglers Alliance Tasmania (AAT) met for the first time in 2018. Marcus Ambrose made available Thousand Lakes Lodge as the meeting venue. John Diggle and Neil Morrow represented the IFS. John and Neil presented the first IFS Report to Anglers for 2018. Covering December 2017 to February 2018 the Report is...
Carp team cleans up
Staff from the IFS Carp Management Program spent the day cleaning up the Dago Point Campsites, Interlaken Road from the boat ramp turn off to the Oatlands turn off, then continuing on from Tunbridge Tier Road to the Mountain Creek turn off. The dago point campsites were surprisingly clean, with the majority of rubbish being...
Huon Anglers clean up!
Volunteers Barry Page and Rob Chandler from the Huon Licensed Anglers Association and Joe Wisniewski joined IFS staff for Business Clean Up Australia Day. The clean-up focussed on Anglers Access sites and around the bridge crossings on the Huon River upstream from Huonville. It was pleasing that there was very little litter at Angler Access...
