Inland Fisheries Service News
Camden Lake Gorse Spraying
Over the weekend the anglers access tracks around Camden Lake were sprayed to treat the gorse that has grown up over the summer months. These tracks provide access to a large part of the northern shore of the lake and serve to provide anglers with multiple options when fishing. Thanks to Tasmanian Irrigation for permitting...
Lake Rosebery Re-opening
Hydro Tasmania have advised that Lake Rosebery has now been re-opened to the public. Following the oil spill reported on 13 January this year, works have been ongoing to clean up the lake. Teams from multiple agencies including the Environmental Protection Authority, Marine and Safety Tasmania, Hydro Tasmania and Inland Fisheries Service have all played...
Search for redfin perch in the Huon Valley continues
On 12 March 2023, a redfin perch (Perca fluviatilis) was caught by an angler in Mountain River, in the Huon Valley. It was reported to and confirmed by the IFS. Prior to this, redfin perch had not been found in this river, or in the Huon Valley. Extensive surveys have now been completed including farm...
Trout Recruitment Monitoring - Lake Sorell
This week the Inland Fisheries Service conducted monitoring at Lake Sorell to measure the success of recent trout recruitment events. The results from this work were positive with good numbers of trout fry found in and around the spawning creeks. Fry were also found spread out across rocky and weedy habitat around the entire lake. There...
Threatened Native Fish Monitoring - Woods Lake
During late February 2025, the Inland Fisheries Service carried out monitoring at Woods Lake for the threatened freshwater fish, the saddled galaxias (Galaxias tanycephalus). Until recently, Woods Lake has experienced a prolonged blue-green algal bloom that first appeared in February 2023. There has been concern about how the bloom might have impacted the saddled galaxias, as...
