Inland Fisheries Service News
Campfire restrictions to be in place for national parks and reserves
Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) will introduce campfire restrictions across high-risk campgrounds in a number of parks and reserves from 02:00 on December 20 until further notice. These measures will help protect Tasmania’s significant reserve estate, along with ensuring visitor and community safety. Restrictions coincide with the impending announcement of the fire permit period...
Message from Hydro Tasmania - Reimagining the Tarraleah hydropower scheme
As Australia’s electricity market changes, Hydro Tasmania is looking at how we can adapt our hydropower assets to better meet future market needs and deliver benefits back to Tasmania. The Tarraleah hydropower scheme is having its future reimagined. Tarraleah is an important part of Hydro Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation project which is about upgrading...
Rowallan power station upgrade works
Rowallan power station is due for upgrade works and you may see some impact at Hydro Tasmania's recreational sites and on the roads. They anticipate the project will take approximately 12 months, from January 2023 to January 2024. This work may impact anglers in the following ways: Lake Rowallan and Lake Parangana campgrounds and boat...
Atlantic salmon stocked into Craigbourne Lake
This week we stocked Craigbourne Lake with 200 Atlantic Salmon averaging 2kg
Starlings fish Arthurs Lake and check out the wild rainbow trout spawning
Steve and Jo Starling recently visited Tasmania to fish for trout. They had a great day fishing out on Arthurs Lake with Nick May of The Highland Fly trout guiding. The timing of their visit was during the annual wild rainbow trout spawning run from yingina / Great Lake up Liawenee Canal where they got an insight...
