Inland Fisheries Service News
Atlantic salmon stocked at Lake Kara
This week (third week of April 2016) 420 Atlantic salmon were released into Lake Kara. Thank you to Saltas at Wayatinah for providing the salmon. The salmon averaged 1kg in size. Anglers are reminded that there is a bag limit of five fish at Lake Kara with the minimum size 300mm with no more than...
Redfin perch survey in Plenty River
The Salmon Ponds has been run as a hatchery and fish rearing facility for 150 years. Whilst visitation is now the primary role of the historic site, the facility does continue to hatch and rear trout on a small scale for stocking of waters around the state. In the late 1980’s a Derwent pump and...
Vegetation management at Brumbys Creek
Hydro Tasmania will be commencing vegetation management works at Brumbys Creek in the vicinity of Fisheries Lane, commencing in the week of 18 April 18 2016. Access to the creek banks and waterways within and upstream of the area known as the Duck Pond will be closed to unauthorised persons for the duration of the...
2016 annual monitoring program of Galaxias auratus completed
The annual survey of the golden galaxia, (Galaxias auratus) in lakes Crescent and Sorell has been completed and healthy, robust populations were confirmed. Galaxias auratus is a listed threatened species and this small fish species is endemic to these lakes. The annual monitoring program involves the setting of a number of fine mesh fyke nets...
Harsh penalties imposed on for taking, possessing and trying to sell a pest fish
Adam David Robertson from Scamander was convicted on 6 April 2016 with three offences for the taking, possession and sale of the controlled fish Cherax destructor, commonly known as mainland yabbies. Mr Robertson plead guilty to all three charges and was fined $1000 plus $68 in court costs. Mr Robertson caught the fish from a...
