Inland Fisheries Service News
Rainbow trout spawning run results for 2016
We monitor the spawning run of the rainbow trout at yingina/Great Lake to enhanced natural recruitment and keep an eye on the population. We do this by using dedicated spawning channels at Liawenee, the “Zig Zags” and the long channel that flows into the trap from the main canal. The trap at Sandbanks Creek, on...
Statewide Junior Anglers Day
On Sunday 30 October Anglers Alliance Tasmania is co-ordinating a free State-wide Junior Anglers Day. Anyone 17 years and under is invited to come along and find out what this trout fishing is all about. Whether you’ve done it before, or you’re trying it for the first time, this day is a great chance to...
Arthurs Lake Fishery Performance Assessment – September 2016
During the last week of September the Inland Fisheries Service undertook a survey of the brown trout population at Arthurs Lake. The survey was planned as a pilot study in preparation for a larger tagging survey being considered for 2017. Despite being on a smaller scale, this survey produced some interesting information about the Arthurs...
Whitebait season opens tomorrow
The whitebait season opens tomorrow, Saturday I October. The season is open on the following waters: Duck River Forth River Great Forester River Henty River Huon River Inglis River Mersey River Montagu River Pieman River River Derwent Rubicon River (Except 50 m above and below the water gauging weir kanamaluka/ Tamar River (Including the Trevallyn...
Scientists from New Zealand visit
Nick Ling, Grant Tempero, and Brendan Hicks from the School of Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand visited Tasmania in September. They came for the Australian Society of Fish Biology conference. After the conference, they sampled several locations for the native common jollytails. Australia shares the common jollytail with New Zealand, Chile, Patagonia, Argentina, the...
