Inland Fisheries Service News
Come and join Bug Blitz in New Norfolk this Sunday
The Derwent Catchment Project undertake land care work in the Derwent catchment. ThisSunday, 8 April,from 9am until 2pm they are running a free training day in how to identify water bugs. Come to Tynwald Park New Norfolk. (You don’t have to stay for the whole session). They will be teaching a nationally standardised way of...
The Easter fishing wrap up
The Easter Long weekend saw fantastic trout fishing around the State. Although the weather was not great at times, the fish were biting! Our Officers patrolled waters far and wide, from Lake Burbury to the South Esk River. Recent rainfalls lifted river levels in the north and northwest. This improved the fishing. All methods of...
Illegal take of whitebait results in big fines
Jason Kenneth Deverell of Shorewell appeared in the Burnie Magistrates court today. After pleading guilty, Mr Deverell was convicted on seven charges relating to the illegal taking of whitebait. He was fined $3 500 and ordered to pay $82.15 in court costs. The offences took place at the Blythe River in November last year. The...
Government House carp sighting
Recently, the official secretary of Government House contacted the IFS. He had seen some mystery fish in their large quarry pond. He sent us some photos of a dead fish found in the shallows and a live fish swimming around. The dead fish was a common goldfish (Carassius auratus), but we were not sure about...
River Clyde Carp Survey
While we were doing the lakes Sorell and Crescent juvenile carp surveys we also did a downstream surveyof the River Clyde. The survey looks at selected sites featuring ideal carp habitat downstream to the township of Hamilton. The aim is to make sure carp have not become established in the River Clyde system. We have...
