Inland Fisheries Service News
Carp Management Program Annual Report 2015 -16
The 2015 -16 Carp Management Program Annual Report is complete. Find out how we’re going in the battle with carp in Lake Sorell and all the 2015-16 season news. There are new developments in carp eradication techniques and strategies plus a look to the season ahead and information on other projects we’ve been working on....
Penstock Lagoon boat ramp is complete
The upgrade to the Penstock Lagoon boat ramp is finished. Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) installed the flexmat this week. The project is the result of a successful Recreational Boating Fund application we made upgrade the ramp and install a landing at one of the state’s premier trout fisheries. Many thanks to Jim Caulfield from...
Inland Fisheries Service presents at national conference
Chris Bowen, Jonah Yick, Chris Boon, and Raihan Mahmud from the Carp Management Program presented work at the 2016 Australian Society for Fish Biology and Oceania Chondrichthyan Society conference which was held from the 4th – 8th of September at Wrest Point. There were 200 presentations and our carp team presented during the “Invasive species:...
Water to be released from Lake Crescent
About 25 millimetres of rain fell at Interlaken overnight raising the levels of lakes Crescent and Sorell. Given the lake levels, a release of water from Lake Crescent into the Clyde River is to be made to prevent an uncontrolled spill of Lake Sorell. If Lake Sorell spilled it could put in danger the work...
Road closures update - Forestry Tasmania
Forestry Tasmania has advised the following road updates. Lake Mackenzie Road is open to all traffic - repairs to are now complete Mersey Forest Road, used to access Lake Parangana, Lake Rowallan, the upper Mersey River and the Walls of Jerusalem National Park, is closed. Repairs to the Mersey Forest Road will start in October...
