Inland Fisheries Service News
Carp season slowly warming up
The variable weather conditions over the past few weeks have made the start of the carp season a variable and slow affair. The series of cold fronts that have been passing over the State over the past few weeks have been keeping the water temperatures in Lake Sorell below 10 Celsius with the shallow margins...
Damage to wattle trees by bait collectors
A recent report to the IFS has highlighted the damage caused by bait collectors looking for wattle grubs. The damage to road side trees has been reported on the roadsides between Perth and Longford. This activity is not permitted unless the collector owns the land which the trees are on. Prosecution for such activity could...
Sterile Judas carp released into Lake Sorell
With a view to assist the eradication of carp from Lake Sorell, surgically or chemically sterilised male Judas carp (implanted with radio tags) were successfully released into Lake Sorell on Tuesday 15 Oct 2013. The location of each fish was monitored the following day. To our pleasant surprise they have spread with some traversing as...
Inland Fisheries Officer nabs rubbish dumper
An Inland Fisheries Officer on patrol of the Craigbourne Dam area noticed a flat tray vehicle parked at the side of a road with used carpet on tray. The registration of the vehicle was taken and on return a short time later the Officer found the carpet deposited over an armco railing and on to...
Sterile carp receive radio transmitters in ongoing fight to eradicate
In an exciting breakthrough male carp that have been sterilised are being implanted with radio transmitters. Juvenile male carp, captured from Lake Sorell, were identified using ultrasound in trials undertaken last summer and then allowed to mature to a point where they were producing sperm in autumn. A number of fish were then either surgically...
