Inland Fisheries Service News
Rainbow stocking
This week we stocked three important fisheries with large Rainbow trout averaging 5kg. The waters stocked are Craigbourne Dam, Brushy Lagoon and Lake Kara. Each water received 300 fish each and will provide excellent fishing and will compliment many of our other popular fisheries that are performing very well. Special thanks go to Huon Aquaculture...
Gate to Nineteen Lagoons Now Open
The Parks and Wildlife Service advise that the gate into the Nineteen Lagoons has now been opened.
Woods Lake compliance activities
Last weekend Inland Fisheries and Tasmania Police teamed up and conducted boat safety checks at Woods Lake in the Central Highlands of Tasmania. Whilst boat safety checks of equipment and PFD use are regular patrols conducted by IFS, on this occasion boat operators were also breath tested due to disturbing reports of some people’s behavior...
Training to protect our waterways
Recently, Rob Freeman of the Inland Fisheries Service presented to a group of Forest Practices Officers (FPO’s) as part of their requirement to develop and maintain the necessary skills to assess ecological values relating to forestry operations. Over the week the FPO’s received training on fauna, flora and legislative requirements. As part of this training...
Carp Management Program Annual Report 2016-17
The 2016-17 Carp Management Program Annual Report is now available. Click here Find out the latest news on the 2016-17 season with the Carp Management Program, and how the battle with carp in Lake Sorell is progressing. Read about the development of new carp eradication techniques and strategies, what the season ahead is going to...
