Inland Fisheries Service News
Temporary closure of Butlers Gorge Road to Lake King William
Butlers Gorge Road to Lake King William will be temporarily closed 7 days a week to allow for road upgrade works. The road will be closed between 7am – 5pm each day from Saturday 17 February to Sunday 28 April. We will open the road over the March long weekend (9-11 March) and Easter. ...
Little Pine Lagoon boat ramp upgrade
The Little Pine Lagoon boat ramp upgrade is scheduled to commence on 26th February 2024 and completed at the end of March 2024. The boat ramp will be closed to the public during construction. An alternative launching site is available via the Little Pine Lagoon Road, in front of the shacks, approximately 500m to the...
Meadowbank Dam – Crest Gate 2 works starting!
Work on Meadowbank Dam’s second crest gate is underway. For more information about what we’re doing, visit www.connect.hydro.com.au. For safety reasons, Lake Meadowbank will be lowered 2 metres below its usual level from 30 January 2024. Later this year (timing TBD), the lake will be lowered a further 4 metres while we test the newly...
Lamprey disease investigation: baseline survey in Tasmania
Kate Hutson (Cawthron Institute, Aotearoa|New Zealand) and the Inland Fisheries Service, Tasmania are working together to better understand the diseases of the pouched lamprey, Geotria australis, as part of a New Zealand based research programme, Emerging Aquatic Diseases. In New Zealand, the pouched lamprey (kanakana) are susceptible to “lamprey reddening syndrome” which typically causes skin...
Wild rainbow trout management report 2023
The Inland Fisheries Service recognises the value of maintaining wild fisheries as they are best suited to our environment and provide a much sought-after angling experience. We only stock waters when wild populations are not adequately maintained by natural recruitment, and we use wild fish whenever possible. Stockings are guided by the Tasmanian Inland Recreational...
