Inland Fisheries Service News
Pillans Track maintenance
The Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) has engaged a contractor and started clearing vegetation on the Pillans Track from Lake Augusta to maintain the 4x4 access for anglers. The Pillans Track is one of only three 4x4 tracks within the iconic Western Lakes fishery. Under a Parks and Wildlife Services (PWS) permit, the IFS are operating in...
Campfire restrictions lifted
Parks and Wildlife Services campfire restrictions were lifted from 02:00 Friday 18 March 2022 This applies to national parks and reserves in the following areas: Flinders and Maria Islands, Dorset, Break O’Day, Glamorgan/Spring Bay, Sorell and Tasman municipalities, Narawntapu National Park, Snaky Creek and Tooms Lake Conservation Areas. Keep up to date with the Parks...
Whitebait poacher convicted
On Friday 11th March 2022 Austin Kavere JOHNSTON from Forest appeared in Burnie Magistrates Court on charges relating to the illegal taking of whitebait. The charges related to his activities at the Black River during October 2020. Mr JOHNSTON was found guilty of taking whitebait without a whitebait licence, whitebait fishing in a closed water,...
Tarraleah canals routine maintenance
From Thursday 10 March to Thursday 24 March our team will be performing routine annual maintenance work on the Tarraleah canals system. During this time the No. 1 canal, No. 1 pond and No. 2 canal will be drained and the No. 2 pond will be lowered to its minimum operating level. There will be...
More fishing sites cleaned up.
The Carp Management Team continued our activity with Business Clean up Australia Day getting a ute load of rubbish in the Interlaken area including Dago Point camp ground and the Lake Crescent boat ramp. The rubbish was mainly drink bottles and cans.
