Inland Fisheries Service News
Business Clean Up Australia Day 26 February 2013
The Inland Fisheries Service will be participating in Business Clean Up Australia Day on 26 February 2013. The IFS has participated in this event for the last five years choosing different venues each year. This year Craigbourne Dam in the South and Arthurs Lake in the Central Highlands will be the venues. Previously the Derwent...
Reminder - bait fishing prohibited at Lake Crescent
The Service has received recent information indicating that some anglers have been fishing Lake Crescent using natural bait. Anglers are reminded that Lake Crescent is restricted to the use of artificial lures and fly fishing only and that bait fishing has been prohibited since the lake reopened in 2004.
Mersey River Anglers Access project well underway
Following months of negotiations with landowners and extensive property surveys installation work on the Mersey River Anglers Access project is well advanced. This project - the eighth river access project to date - has been made possible with a grant from the Tasmanian Community Fund and the oversight of Anglers Alliance Tasmania. Project Manager Neil...
Public Notice from Tasmanian Irrigation: Advice for Wilberville shack owners and other users of Arthurs Lake Road
Motorists using the Arthurs Lake Rd are advised of increased heavy traffic for about four weeks starting on 11 February 2013. The schedule is for eight trucks per day (Monday-Saturday) to deliver lengths of cement-lined iron pipe as part of the Midlands Water Scheme. There will be no extra draw down on Arthurs Lake as...
Good elver harvest good news for the environment
Each year the IFS harvests juvenile eels, known as elvers, from two locations in the State. The harvest is conducted to restock the upper sections of Tasmania's rivers to overcome the barriers to eel migration presented by large dams used for hydro electricity storage. Hydro Tasmania provides funding for the harvest to meet its' environmental...
