Inland Fisheries Service News
Carp Management Program quarterly report
The Carp Management Program have had a busy three months in January to March 2016 with a range of projects. During this period 248 carp were caught using 720 individual gill nets and a range of other techniques. Juvenile carp surveys in Lakes Sorell and Crescent were undertaken, in addition to a downstream carp survey...
Works on the Lake Echo power station intake at Echo Dam
Tasmania is facing an unprecedented combination of below average rainfall and an extended Basslink outage caused by a fault in the cable. In response to these challenges and to maintain energy security, Hydro Tasmania is conducting works on the Lake Echo dam. About the works Hydro Tasmania will remove a blockage of sediment material, upstream...
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...
