Inland Fisheries Service News
Community survey on Tarraleah
The Tarraleah hydropower scheme in the Central Highlands has delivered power to Tasmania for 85 years and is having its future reimagined as the energy market changes. Hydro Tasmania is currently progressing development approvals processes for the proposed redevelopment of the scheme. A project update is being distributed through the local community to share progress...
Look out for your licence renewals!
With only five weeks until the brown trout waters open, don’t forget to renew your licence before you head out fishing. The new angling season opens Saturday, 5 August. Be prepared and purchase your licence now! In preparation, the IFS will start sending out licence renewals from 1 July. The Tasmanian Government has made junior...
$2,000 tagged trout caught in yingina / Great Lake trap
One of the nine remaining tagged trout in yingina / Great Lake, recently showed up in our fish trap. The fish had grown from 461mm to 515mm since being tagged and released in 2021. The brown trout was returned to the lake giving any licenced angler an opportunity to capture it and claim the $2,000...
Protecting our spawning fish
As most keen anglers will know, the seasons for Brown and rainbow trout are there to protect the spawning runs. The Inland Fisheries Act 1995 also protects spawn and spawning fish through prohibiting certain conduct or fishing inflowing waters to certain lakes. We remind anglers of the following section of the Act: section 137. Disturbing spawn (1) A...
Arthurs Lake annual weigh and measure has begun
The annual weigh and measure of 100 male and 100 female trout from each of the Arthurs Lake fish traps has begun. From random samples in each trap, early signs suggest that fish numbers in the lake are healthy with the average weight and length slightly down on 2022. The largest fish weighed and measured in...
