Inland Fisheries Service Report for Anglers Alliance Meeting – 17 August 2014

An extensive report for all anglers from IFS to AAT.
Anglers are invited to contact Anglers Alliance Tasmania in regard to these and any other issues. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Opening of Trout Season Compliance Operation

A statewide compliance operation was conducted for the opening weekend 2nd and 3rd of August 2014. Several conditional cautions were issued for anglers exceeding bag limits, the main issue being that anglers were failing to measure their catch and as a consequence were found to have exceeded the bag limit of no more than two fish over 500mm. The message for anglers is to check the regulation changes section in the Fishing Code booklet that is issued with each licence and make sure that fish retained meet the minimum size limit and bag limit regulations.

Four Springs Lake Access

There has been some confusion regarding access to the western shore of Four Springs Lake, This is the IFS’s understanding of the situation.

The road that leads to the disabled angling platform on the western shore of Four Springs is a Reserved (Public) Road. Although the road is gated and closed to vehicles pedestrian access to the lake shore is legal. Public reserve extends around the perimeter of the lake to facilitate shore access.

The access road to the disabled angling platform from the Gunns picnic area on the western shore is closed to all traffic, including pedestrians, for safety reasons due to a number of unstable trees in the area. Anglers should stay along the shoreline in this area. Further negotiations are underway between IFS and the new landowner to hopefully restore access to this road.

Responsible Angling

The Service continues to receive complaints regarding poor public behavior. The biggest issue is litter with plastic bags and containers, bottles and cans still regularly found at popular waters. Issues of fish and human waste are also reported and anglers are reminded to bury human waste 150mm deep and at least 100m away from any waterway. Fish guts should be buried away from the waterway or taken away with other rubbish not left on the bank or in the water to rot

Other general issues include lighting of fires in prohibited areas, vehicle use in marshy or wet areas and dogs in prohibited areas. These and related behavioral issues put at risk the ongoing access of anglers to fisheries.


 

NW and Liawenee Fisheries Officer

The establishment of an Inland Fisheries Service, Fisheries Officer on the North West Coast in Devonport is planned to be completed by the end of September. The vacant Fisheries Officer position at Liawenee is also planned to be advertised in the same time frame and together will deliver an enhanced enforcement capacity across the State

Anglers Access – Neil Morrow

River Access

Work is progressing on the River Derwent Anglers Access project. Complexities with negotiations over the State and Local road network and Tasrail infrastructure have required the completion date for this project to be extended to December 2014.

A new parking area, jointly funded by IFS and AAT has been completed at Miles Ford Bridge on the Mersey River at Latrobe.

Signs and Brochures

All Anglers Access signs and brochures have been updated to reflect regulation changes at affected waters throughout the state for the 2014/15 season. New brochure editions are available on the IFS and AAT websites. The IFS App has also been updated. New interpretation and information signs have been installed at Lake Kara and Lake Crescent.

Recreational Boating fund and associated projects

MAST has completed construction of a dual lane ramp and pontoon at Bradys Lake (Whitewater). Jointly funded by MAST and Hydro Tasmania the ramp was opened to the public on the 17th of April 2014.

Mooring rings have been installed by IFS/MAST on the new Lake Burbury campground ramp in response to requests from anglers.

The following IFS applications for the 2014/15 round of the RBF have been funded by MAST:

·         Little Pine Lagoon ramp and pontoon

·         Penstock Lagoon – concrete existing ramp and construct timber landing.

In addition IFS has assisted Northern Midlands Council in developing an application to upgrade the existing facility at the Lake Leake campground. The application to install a new single lane concrete ramp and pontoon has been funded by MAST with a contribution from Northern Midlands Council.

 

Lake Kara

Installation of vehicle barriers to prohibit vehicle access to the dam wall has been completed. The dam wall walkway has been gravelled to improve pedestrian access.

Four Springs Lake

In response to unauthorised vehicle access to the eastern shoreline at Four Springs new vehicle barriers have been installed and existing bunds and trenches reinforced.

South Riana Dam

IFS have met with representatives of Tasmanian Irrigation to discuss the potential of a new fishery associated with the development of the Dial Blythe irrigation scheme. South Riana Dam will be a storage of approx. 4000ml and a surface area of 65 ha which is approximately 2/3 the size of Brushy Lagoon. It is anticipated that a recreation plan for angling will be developed for the 2015/16 season.

Carp – Chris Wisniewski

The Federal Government funding announcement through Caring for Our Country (CFOC) proved timely in November as it enabled an intensive gill netting program to be undertaken over the summer months. Despite intensive effort the fishing was slower than expected but never the less resulted in 2409 carp being removed from Lake Sorell in the past financial year.

With the removal of older fish from Lake Sorell eradication is focused primarily on fish from a single year class or cohort. These fish are from a series of spawning events in 2009. They make up the current carp population in Lake Sorell with the last older mature carp caught in 2011. The growth and development of the 2009 cohort has been followed closely. Gowth and devlopment has not followed the same pattern as previous cohorts, with both growth and maturation slower in the 2009 cohort. This has made targeting fish and predicting behaviour difficult. To date no mature female fish have been captured from the 2009 cohort. A small number of mature male fish have been captured but this was expected as males mature earlier than females.  

All indications are that no recruitment has occurred since the 2009 spawning event. It is expected that a wave of these male will mature this spring making them more vulnerable to capture. Winter fishing has been slow with high water levels and no carp aggregations.

The Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) funded project to develop sterile male carp program has been completed. We now have a surgical method and a stock of sterile males that will be used as “Judas” transmitter fish. In lake trials have commenced using sterile “Judas” fish alongside fertile wild stock to monitor their performance. The aim is to deploy only sterile transmitter fish when the carp population has been reduced to the point where wild male carp numbers are depleted and the remaining females are still being hunted.

The CMP continues to maintain its strong relationship with UTAS via Australian Maritime College by supporting student projects and providing summer work enabling student to apply their skills and develop on ground fisheries management techniques.

The CMP held a two day workshop in May to present this year’s work to the stakeholder steering committee, and has developed an operational plan for the coming twelve months to target the maturing fish with spawning prevention a priority. The CMP annual report is in preparation and will be completed by September. Shannon Lagoon – AAT

Shannon Lagoon

Hydro Tasmania engaged Entura as a consultant to undertake an environmental study at Shannon Lagoon. The work included turbidity monitoring, mapping of the weed beds and spawning habitat for native fish across the lagoon. The report concluded that “While Shannon Lagoon is generally turbid, it appears to have a healthy and relatively diverse and abundant suite of macrophytes”. Further analysis of the data and a comparison of past data will be undertaken to see if the current water management regime is improving the situation.

IFS, Hydro along with representatives of AAT and the angling community met at Shannon Lagoon on Wednesday 13 August to discuss progress and future options.

Sandbanks Creek fish trap proposal

The Great Lake is a popular fishery for brown trout and has ranked consistently in the top two waters in the state over the past 20 years. Data obtained from brown trout spawning runs in Liawenee Canal indicate that the size of fish has declined slightly with the average size now around 750 grams. The lake has numerous spawning creeks. With the current water level management the fish trap on Liawenee Canal is situated at around 1.5km from the shore of the Great Lake. This distance limits the number of fish that make it to the trap as there is ample spawning opportunity in the lower section of the canal.

The Service is investigating the construction of a new fish trap on Sandbanks Creek on the north eastern corner of the Great Lake. Trapping of brown trout in late autumn/winter will provide access to additional ova but more importantly will provide a valuable source of adult fish that can be used for stock enhancement in other waters around the state.

Upstream of the trap would also provide rainbow trout with spawning beds free from brown trout competition.

Sandbanks Creek has ease of access via the Poatina Intake Road and would require the upgrade of approximately 800 meters of bush track to enable suitable access for construction and fish transporting.

New Southern Fishery

An initial meeting has been held between IFS staff and Jason Garrett to draft the project scope to develop a fishery within 1 hour of Hobart. A consultant has been engaged to undertake a desk top survey of the southern region looking for a suitable site. A considerable amount of information has already been gathered investigating irrigation opportunities which may help the process. A report on options will be completed by 31 December 2014.

Licencing and Administration – Tony Wright

2014-15 Season

Since the launching of the sesquicentenary of Trout in Tasmania at the Salmon Ponds on 3 and 4 May 2014 the Service has celebrated with a major angling promotion for the 2014-15 season and celebratory memorabilia available from the IFS website.

The Liawenee Open weekend was held on the 17th and 18th May 2014 and significant effort and resources were invested to modernize and improve the event it also featured the 150 years of trout. Regardless of adverse weather conditions particularly on the Saturday it was estimated that in excess of 4,000 persons attended over the weekend.

Opening day of the 2014-15 season was characterised by inclement weather, however many enthusiastic anglers still braved the conditions on the day. The theme this season is “Get back to trout fishing”. This was developed following a telephone survey of lapsed anglers undertaken during June 2014. The sample was Statewide and the survey highlighted that the major issues were time and lifestyle constraints. Hence the current theme encourages those to take time out with family and friends.

The Ford Ranger promotion supports the marketing theme and was advertised in the regional newspapers as part of their trout season features and its ongoing promotion is continuing in a number of media. All full season adult, pensioner and senior licence holders and five season licence holders who take out their 2014-2015 licence prior to the 31 March 2015 will be eligible to go in the draw to win the vehicle. Current five season licence holders who took out their licence in 2013-2014 will also be eligible to be in the draw.

The lucky winner will be announced on Saturday 16 May 2015 at next year’s Liawenee Trout Weekend.

Licence Sales

Figures for the 2013-14 season are nearly complete and indicate that over 27 000 licences were sold for the past season. This represents a decline in sales of around 6 % which has been attributed to the underperformance of Arthurs Lake, ongoing reduced confidence in river fisheries and external economic factors

So far for season 2014-15 a total of 6,473 licences have been issued comprised of 188 5 season licences, 6,218 full season licences and 67 short term licences. The majority of short season licences were 48 hour and totalled 53 in number.

Compliance – Stephen Hepworth

Compliance Statistics from 1/7/13 to 30/6/14

·         72 Fisheries Infringement Notices issued for 78 offences.

·         46 Infringement notices endorsed as conditional cautions issued.

·         $13,260 in infringement notice fines.

·         Over 4,000 angling and Whitebait licences inspected.

·         8 defendants prosecuted for 15 offences as detailed below.

·         1 defendant disqualified from holding a recreational whitebait licence for a period of 5 years.

Prosecutions Matters

·      Christopher John MARTIN of Burnie was convicted on 3/7/13 in the Burnie Magistrates Court for:-

(1) Possess whitebait without a whitebait licence.

The defendant was fined $2,770 consisting of fine and special penalties.

 

·      Wayne Wilfred LING of Riana was prosecuted in the Devonport Magistrates Court on 6/12/13 for:-

(1) Introduce fish in inland waters without authority.

(2) Possess fish on inland waters without authority.

The defendant pleaded guilty and convictions were recorded on both charges and an undertaking was given that he be of good behaviour for 12 months and that he commit no breaches of any Act concerned with Fisheries or fish.

 

·      Lincoln Maurice JACKSON of Stanley pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Smithton Magistrates Court on 22/5/14 for:-

(1) Take more than 2kgs of whitebait in any one day.

(2)Possess whitebait in excess of 10 kilograms at any one time.

(3) Fail to comply with a Ministerial Order under the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 relating to the taking of whitebait.

(4) Use more than one whitebait net at any one time.

The defendant was fined $4,830 consisting of fines and special penalty.

 

·      Jeremy Stephen LANE of Stanley pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Smithton Magistrates Court on 22/5/14 for:-

(1) Take whitebait without a whitebait licence.

(2)Possess whitebait without a whitebait licence.

(3) Fail to comply with a Ministerial Order under the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 relating to the taking of whitebait.

(4) Use net other than a landing net or seine net at inland waters.

The defendant was fined $5,400 consisting of fines and special penalty.

 

·      Roger James LAMBERT of Trowutta pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Smithton Magistrates Court on 22/5/14 for:-

(1) Possess net other than a landing net or seine net at inland waters.

The defendant was fined $400.

 

·      Edward Stanley STEPHENS of Swansea pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Devonport Magistrates Court on 30/5/14 for:-

(1) Possess controlled fish.

The defendant was convicted of the offence and not to commit any further Fisheries offences for 12 months.

 

·      Leighton Allan STOKES of Smithton pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Burnie Court on 14/5/14 for:-

(1) Possess whitebait without a whitebait licence.

The defendant received a global penalty with other unrelated offences and a special penalty of $130.

 

·      Robert John WHELDON of Campbell Town pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Launceston Magistrates Court on 28/5/14 for:

(1) Fish without an angling licence.

The defendant received a global penalty with other unrelated offences.

 

2014-15 Season Opening Saturday 2/8/14 and Sunday 3/8/14

The season opening was heavily impacted with flood conditions on river catchments across the state and snow falls descending to 300 meters.  Strong wind warnings, low temperatures and icy road weather alerts were also issued advising road users of difficult driving conditions.  This weather pattern certainly impacted on angling visitation in elevated areas.

Water                                   Anglers                                Catch

Lake Kara                             83                                           83 RT                                     2 A/S

Pet Dam                               10                                           5 BT

Mersey River                     1             

Lamberts Dam                   1                                              1 RT

Lake Huntsman                 0

Four Springs                       36                                           32 BT                                     4 RT

Meander River                  0

Macquarie River               5

Brumby’s Creek                                13

Lake River                           0

Nive River                           3

Wayatinah Lagoon           4                                              2 BT

Bronte Lagoon                  8                                              2 BT

Bradys Lake                        11                                          

Lake Binney                        0

Tungatinah                         18

Lake Meadowbank         1

Arthurs Lake                      39                                           3 BT

Penstock                             17                                           40 BT rel 25 sized              3 RT rel 2 sized

Woods Lake                       0

Duncan / Lync                    1                                              1 BT

Pawleena Dam                  0

Craigbourne Dam             15                                           1 RT       

Coal River                            0

Tooms Lake                        54                                           19 BT                                     31 RT

Lake Leake                          40                                           21 BT                                     7 RT

Lake Dulverton                 1                                             

River Derwent                   18                                           1 BT       

Totals:                                  379                                         126                                        130                                         2

Offences

5x Fisheries Infringement Notices. (Fail to wear PFD in vessel less than 6 meters.)

4x Fisheries Conditional Cautions. (Exceed bag limit)

1x Fisheries Conditional Caution. (Fish without an angling licence)

5x Fisheries Conditional Caution. (Possess assembled rod, reel and line without an angling licence)

 

Fisheries Management – Rob Freeman

Fisheries Performance Assessment – Penstock Lagoon 21-24 July

As part of the Fisheries Performance Assessment program, a survey was undertaken to assess the number and structure of the trout population at Penstock Lagoon.  Two thousand brown trout were transferred from Arthurs Lake to Penstock Lagoon in May 2014.  All of these fish had their adipose fin clipped so they could be easily identified when recaptured.  This allowed an estimate of the size of the brown trout population and along with further work on assessing the presence of triploid fish, help understand the current stocking regime.  Preliminary results estimate the population to be low at around 6,300 fish, with a substantial number of these fish resulting from the transfer of fish from Arthurs Lake.  A full report should be available late September. Any angling clubs seeking a presentation of the results should email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Legislation Amendments for the 2015/16 Angling Season

All AAT members and associated clubs are requested to begin discussions and commence formal processes for the suggestion of new or amendments to fishing regulations for the 2015/16 angling season.  At present, it is planned to have a first draft of amendments presented to the Inland Fisheries Advisory Council (IFAC) meeting - 17th October 2014.  The process for undertaking amendments can be long and involved, and long lead in times are essential for implementing new or amended regulations. It is requested that all proposals are submitted via AAT so proper discussion can be undertaken on the merits of changes. Additionally, it is essential consultation is sought to meet the requirements of Government.  For further information, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Threatened Freshwater Fish Conservation

As part of a two year monitoring program on behalf of Hydro Tasmania, the IFS undertook a week long survey of galaxiids within Great Lake.  Over the two year life of this survey, a total of 5,877 galaxiids were captured with 2,796 captured in 2013 and 3,081 during 2014.  The two primary species of concern, the Great Lake paragalaxias and the Shannon paragalaxias were generally abundant across most areas surveyed.  In comparison to the 2013 survey, the climbing galaxias was significantly more abundant across all sites during 2014.  A full report on the findings is being prepared for the Client – Hydro Tasmania, and should be available late 2014. 

A survey for the Dwarf galaxias in the Waterhouse area resulted in finding quite a few spawning individuals inhabiting the coastal heathland fringe.  This was the first survey undertaken of this species in several years. 

Rob Freeman attended and presented a paper reviewing the conservation efforts to save the endangered Pedder galaxias, to the Australian Society for Fish Biology conference - Darwin July 2014. 

ARC Funding for genetic control of Gambusia – Rob Freeman

The University of Tasmania in collaboration with Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) and NRM North has recently secured research funding of $476,000 from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to undertake studies into the genetic control of Gambusia. Gambusia is a pest fish of national concern, in Tasmania they are currently restricted the Tamar Island Wetland Reserve (TIWR) and several adjacent areas in the Tamar estuary. 

The University of Tasmania will be the lead research agency with contributions and participation from IFS, NRM North and volunteer groups at Tamar Island Wetland Reserve. The Service is committed to supporting the project on a 1 to 4 basis, with cash and in-kind support for the program. The outcomes of the project will be of a national and international significance. Dr Jawahar Patil is the lead researcher in this program.

Hatchery – Brett Mawbey

Since early May, the recirculation hatchery has been back in operation. All batches of brown trout ova that were collected during April and May have adapted well to life in the hatchery and have advanced into fry in very good order. Approximately 50,000 eyed brook trout ova arrived at the hatchery in early July, from Snowy Range Fishery. The brook fry are now advancing well and will be on grown to 1-5 grams for stocking the West Coast lakes and Clarence lagoon, which take place every second year. The total number of brown trout fry throughout the hatchery in the tanks and troughs is approximately 720,000. The fry are split into three different groups, Diploid 400 00, triploid 300,000 and 20,000 Brook trout. All these fry are expected to be stocked out at 1 – 5g by the end of December 2014. The rainbow trout spawning migration and ova harvest may commence around mid-September.

Stocking

Adult transfers have progressed well over the last few months and are now complete. The three traps at Arthurs operated very well. The total number of adult brown trout captured and transferred across all the migrating traps combined for the 2014 spawning season is 32,315. The three traps at Arthurs Lake produced 20,718 brown trout, Great Lake trap 9,649 and Lake Sorell trap 1,948.

An additional fish trap is planned for Great Lake located at Sand banks on the Eastern shore, all going well this trap will be completed in early 2015.

(Below is a summary of numbers of adult browns captured from each trap.)

Tumbledown Creek (Arthurs Lake)

14,880

Hydro Creek (Arthurs Lake)

2,418

Scotch Bobs Creek (Arthurs Lake)

3,420

Mountain Creek (Lake Sorell)

1,948

Liawenee Canal (Great Lake)

9,649

Total

32,315

 


 

Fisheries Management – Tim Farrell

Changes to live fish import biosecurity and regulation

The IFS regulates the import of freshwater fish into Tasmania. Regular importers of live fish, such as pet stores that sell aquarium (ornamental) fish and fish farmers that produce aquarium species are registered by the IFS as Fish Dealers. The importation of live fish may also be permitted for other purposes, such as moving pet fish to Tasmania or use for research, by way of the Director issuing an exemption permit. These activities are conducted under instruments set out in the Inland Fisheries Act 1995.

The IFS has been the regulator of importation of live freshwater fish since 1996. Due to unforeseen legislative complications the IFS has applied its broad powers relating to “Fish” to temporarily cover the regulation of marine fish imports and is working with DPIPWE’s Water and Marine Division, Animal Biosecurity and Welfare Branch to establish a system to enable it to do so. This system will involve “general authorities” issued by Animal Biosecurity and Welfare as well as exemption permits to proponents issued and administered by the IFS.

The importation of marine fish species is currently conducted by five retail outlets in Tasmania. The marine sector of the aquarium industry is small in comparison to the freshwater sector but has an enthusiastic band of hobbyists. The new arrangements will service this sector of the industry and the hobbyists whilst regulating what can be imported safely in respect of biosecurity and by whom.

Farm Dam Stocking Policy

Following the distribution of the draft Assessment Criteria - Private Dam Stocking for Public Fishing, Junior Development or Club Activities for the February AAT meeting the IFS received a response from the North West Fisheries Association, dated 2 May.

The IFS made changes to the draft document in order to address some of the concerns by the NWFA. A response was sent to the NWFA addressing their concerns regarding the policy and a new draft was submitted to them during July 2014.

In the new draft document the size of the dam required to meet the public stocking criteria has been reduced from 5 Ha to 2.5 Ha and the expenses bourn by the IFS in establishing the access agreements are now clearly stated. The matter is listed for discussion at the August AAT Meeting.

Brown trout spawning run monitoring

Each year the IFS conducts weigh and measure of brown trout spawners sampled from the spawning traps. Up until 2014 the traps used have been at Liawenee Canal -Great Lake, Hydro Creek –Arthurs Lake and Mountain Creek – Lake Sorell. This year two new traps have been constructed and operating at Scotch Bobs Creek and Tumbledown Creek, both at Arthurs Lake.

Below are tables showing the average weight, length and condition factor at each of the traps.  The Arthurs Lake traps have been sampled on two occasions each to more thoroughly monitor stocks with the commencement of the Arthurs Lake recruitment control project in 2014.

The interesting point in regards to the Arthurs Lake traps was that there were a number of large male brown trout early in the run at Tumbledown Creek which elevated the average size significantly. Some of the fish were approaching 3 kilograms. In the Hydro Creek trap the size of the fish tended to increase towards the end of the run whilst the Scotch Bobs trap showed a consistency between the two sampling periods.

 

Tumbledown Creek

 

21/05/2014

     

All fish

Length (mm)

Weight (g)

condition factor

Mean

371

604

1.13

Minimum

216

190

0.38

Maximum

630

2840

3.47

Count

200

200

200

       

26/06/2014

     

All fish

Length (mm)

Weight (g)

condition factor

Mean

332

415

1.10

Minimum

265

210

0.68

Maximum

500

1470

1.71

Count

200

200

200

       
 

Hydro Creek

 

27/05/2014

     

All fish

Length (mm)

Weight (g)

condition factor

Mean

322

359

1.06

Minimum

256

190

0.82

Maximum

377

600

1.21

Count

51

51

51

       

26/06/2014

     

All fish

Length (mm)

Weight (g)

condition factor

Mean

327

391

1.10

Minimum

255

220

0.74

Maximum

431

890

1.68

Count

200

200

200

 

   

 

 

Scotch Bobs

 

28/05/2014

     

All fish

Length (mm)

Weight (g)

condition factor

Mean

355

524

1.11

Minimum

196

90

0.83

Maximum

485

1040

1.47

Count

209

209

209

       

26/06/2014

     

All fish

Length (mm)

Weight (g)

condition factor

Mean

361

533

1.06

Minimum

244

150

0.80

Maximum

570

1880

1.29

Count

199

199

199

       
 

Liawenee

 

18/05/2014

     

All fish

Length (mm)

Weight (g)

condition factor

Mean

398

721

1.14

Minimum

325

420

0.56

Maximum

490

1100

1.70

Count

200

200

200

       
 

Mountain Creek

 

25/06/2014

     

All fish

Length (mm)

Weight (g)

condition factor

Mean

378

658

1.17

Minimum

257

220

0.88

Maximum

498

1370

1.50

Count

200

200

200

 

Stocking – Tim Farrell

 

Stocking of public waters 2 May 2014 to 5 August 2014

Lake

Date

Number

Species

Age

Type

Stock

Weight (g)

Origin

Bradys Lake

07/05/2014

450

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Bradys Lake

08/05/2014

900

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Lake Leake

08/05/2014

3,330

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Tooms Lake

08/05/2014

3,330

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Lake

Date

Number

Species

Age

Type

Stock

Weight (g)

             Origin

Four Springs Lake

08/05/2014

1,000

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Big Waterhouse

08/05/2014

1,000

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Pet Dam

08/05/2014

1,000

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Craigbourne Dam

15/05/2014

300

rainbow trout

Yearling

Diploid

Domestic

150

Salmon Ponds

Craigbourne Dam

20/05/2014

250

brook trout

Yearling

Diploid

Domestic

350

Snowy Range

Four Springs Lake

20/05/2014

1,000

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Curries River

20/05/2014

1,000

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Four Springs Lake

21/05/2014

1,200

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Penstock Lagoon

21/05/2014

400

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Bradys Lake

22/05/2014

4,000

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Lake Leake

23/05/2014

650

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Lake Leake

23/05/2014

1,000

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Lake Botsford

23/05/2014

100

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

2000

Tumbledown Creek

Tooms Lake

26/05/2014

1,200

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Tooms Lake

26/05/2014

300

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Bradys Lake

27/05/2014

600

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Penstock Lagoon

28/05/2014

550

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

Penstock Lagoon

28/05/2014

350

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Brushy Lagoon

29/05/2014

400

Atlantic salmon

Adult

Diploid

Domestic

5000

Petuna Aquaculture

Lake Dulverton

29/05/2014

208

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

800

Mountain Creek

Craigbourne Dam

03/06/2014

1,050

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Craigbourne Dam

03/06/2014

450

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Tooms Lake

03/06/2014

205

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

800

Mountain Creek

Penstock Lagoon

03/06/2014

700

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Bradys Lake

04/06/2014

550

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

Bradys Lake

04/06/2014

200

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

360

Hydro Creek

Four Springs Lake

04/06/2014

1,300

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Four Springs Lake

04/06/2014

200

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

Lake

Date

Number

Species

Age

Type

Stock

Weight (g)

             Origin

Bradys Lake

05/06/2014

350

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Bradys Lake

10/06/2014

590

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Bradys Lake

10/06/2014

160

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

Bradys Lake

11/06/2014

130

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

Bradys Lake

11/06/2014

120

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Four Springs Lake

15/06/2014

1,000

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Curries River

16/06/2014

1,000

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Blackmans Lagoon

16/06/2014

1,000

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Pioneer Mine Hole

16/06/2014

1,000

rainbow trout

Fingerling

Triploid

Domestic

150

Springfield Fisheries

Curries River

17/06/2014

1,400

rainbow trout

Yearling

Triploid

Domestic

200

Springfield Fisheries

Craigbourne Dam

18/06/2014

1,000

rainbow trout

Adult

Diploid

Domestic

350

Salmon Ponds

Craigbourne Dam

19/06/2014

250

rainbow trout

Adult

Triploid

Domestic

350

Salmon Ponds

Craigbourne Dam

19/06/2014

250

rainbow trout

Adult

Diploid

Domestic

350

Salmon Ponds

Pet Dam

24/06/2014

400

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Mersey River

25/06/2014

400

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Lake Leake

25/06/2014

205

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

800

Mountain Creek

Mersey River

25/06/2014

400

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Lake Leake

25/06/2014

205

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

800

Mountain Creek

Craigbourne Dam

26/06/2014

2,000

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Craigbourne Dam

26/06/2014

300

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

Craigbourne Dam

26/06/2014

200

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

350

Hydro Creek

Bradys Lake

30/06/2014

1,200

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Bradys Lake

30/06/2014

600

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

360

Hydro Creek

Leven River

01/07/2014

400

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

Pawleena Lagoon

01/07/2014

200

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

800

Mountain Creek

Break O Day River

04/07/2014

130

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

750

Liawenee Canal

Break O Day River

04/07/2014

370

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Lake Barrington

08/07/2014

225

Atlantic salmon

Adult

Diploid

Domestic

4500

Springfield Fisheries

Lake

Date

Number

Species

Age

Type

Stock

Weight (g)

             Origin

Lake Barrington

08/07/2014

410

rainbow trout

Adult

Triploid

Domestic

2500

Springfield Fisheries

Craigbourne Dam

09/07/2014

310

Atlantic salmon

Adult

Diploid

Domestic

4500

Springfield Fisheries

Craigbourne Dam

09/07/2014

300

rainbow trout

Adult

Triploid

Domestic

2500

Springfield Fisheries

Tooms Lake

09/07/2014

600

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

800

Mountain Creek

Meadowbank Lake

10/07/2014

1,500

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Brushy Lagoon

11/07/2014

1,070

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Brushy Lagoon

11/07/2014

10

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

Brushy Lagoon

11/07/2014

430

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

360

Hydro Creek

Curries River

17/07/2014

400

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Lake Kara

25/07/2014

550

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Penstock Lagoon

01/08/2014

250

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

360

Hydro Creek

Penstock Lagoon

01/08/2014

70

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

Lake Kara

01/08/2014

305

rainbow trout

Adult

Triploid

Domestic

1800

Springfield Fisheries

Lake Kara

01/08/2014

70

Atlantic salmon

Adult

Diploid

Domestic

2400

Springfield Fisheries

Stocking of dams for club/junior fishing 2 May 2014 to 5 August 2014

Lake

Date

Number

Species

Age

Type

Stock

Weight (g)

             Origin

Bushy park Junior Anglers

05/06/2014

176

rainbow trout

Adult

Triploid

Domestic

1000

Springfield Fisheries

Brown trout to Private Fisheries 2 May 2014 to 5 August 2014

Lake

Date

Number

Species

Age

Type

Stock

Weight (g)

             Origin

Peter Hayes Pond

3/06/2014

100

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

Twin Lakes

17/06/2014

88

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

360

Hydro Creek

Highland Waters

2/07/2014

300

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

360

Hydro Creek

Highland Waters

3/07/2014

300

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

800

Mountain Creek

Highland Waters

3/07/2014

350

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

360

Hydro Creek

Highland Waters

4/07/2014

350

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

London Lakes

10/07/2014

700

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

520

Scotch Bobs Creek

London Lakes

10/07/2014

200

brown trout

Adult

Diploid

Wild

600

Tumbledown Creek

 

Angling Events attended by Inland Fisheries Staff

14/05/14              South Australian Fly Fishers Association

28/05/14              Westbury Rotary

3/6/2014              Glenorchy Anglers Club

4/06/2014            Fly Fishers Club of Tasmania

16/6/2014            Fly Tyers of Tasmania

20/6/2014`          Southern Tasmanian Licenced Anglers Association AGM

21/6/2014            Longford Fishing Club AGM

4/7/2014              New Norfolk Anglers AGM

12/7/2014            Trout Guides and Lodges AGM and Dinner

25/7/2014            Bridgewater Anglers Association AGM

2/8/2014              Media Event –Opening of Fishing Season

2/8/2014              North West Fisheries Association AGM

9/8/2014              Westbury Angling Club AGM

 

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