Inland Fisheries Service News
Arthur River Estuary Perch Population Assessment
Across five days in December 2023, IFS staff undertook a fisheries survey in the Arthur River, located on the NW coast of Tasmania. This survey was to assess the population of the protected native estuary perch (Percalates colonorum), which is only found in this river. Estuary perch are a slow growing species which can live...
Drawdown of Bronte Lagoon 6 & 7 April
Hydro Tasmania are drawing down Bronte Lagoon this weekend, 6 & 7 April 2024, for the Paddle Tasmania Slalom National Titles. More information can be found here: https://www.hydro.com.au/water/water-releases/upcoming-releases
Easter 2024 patrols report
Well, the weather finally played nice for a weekend and it just happened to be over Easter! Bright and largely still conditions met those heading away for the holiday period, with plenty of opportunity to get the boat and rods out. Our Officers were also out and about to see how anglers were going and...
Reminder to anglers of Canal Bay, yingina/Great Lake season closure
Canal Bay is the only part of yingina/Great Lake that has a closed season. The closure is to protect trout, both brown and rainbow prior to them entering Liawenee Canal to spawn. Anglers are reminded that Canal Bay closed on Sunday at midnight 31 March 2024. Canal Bay opens for fishing from the Saturday closest to...
Stocking Tasmania’s fisheries with wild trout
It is not long before brown trout will start moving into the feeder creeks of lakes to spawn. As set out in the Tasmanian Inland Recreational Fishery Management Plan 2018-28, the waters that need stocking, Assisted Fisheries, will receive fish transferred from the spawning traps in the Central Highlands. Wild adult brown trout account for...
