Inland Fisheries Service News
New webcam at Tooms Lake
A new Anglers Alliance Tasmania (AAT) webcam has been installed at Tooms Lake https://www.anglersalliance.org.au/webcam-tooms-lake thanks to Malcolm Crosse and his AAT volunteers. This is the eleventh webcam installed by AAT and available free to the public to view there favourite fishing locations. A twelfth webcam is planned for Lake Pedder in the near future.
Blue-Green Algae Advisory for Craigbourne Dam
Tasmanian Irrigation wishes to advise that Craigbourne Dam in Tasmania’s South East is closed to the public. The dam is closed to fishing and recreational activities as a precaution due to the detection of naturally occurring blue-green algae. Tasmanian Irrigation is continuing to monitor the dam on a weekly basis and will advise the public...
Trout Weekend 2021 cancelled
Due to the constraints of delivering a COVID-Safe event, Trout Weekend 2021 will not go ahead. The Inland Fisheries Service has reluctantly taken this measure, as this is an important event for the Inland Fisheries Service, anglers and the Central Highlands community. Trout Weekend is planned to return on the 21 and 22 May in...
NEW PUBLICATION: The Southern Hemisphere lampreys (Geotriidae and Mordaciidae)
Lead author Allison Miller from the University of Otago in collaboration with researchers from the Tasmanian Inland Fisheries Service and other scientists from New Zealand and Chile, have recently gathered and compiled extensive information on the five Southern Hemisphere lamprey species. Lampreys are jawless eel-like fishes that are commonly referred to as “living fossils”...
Ragwort removal from Central Highlands
Last weekend IFS provided on ground support for the removal of ragwort at Lake Elizabeth Bay on the eastern side of the yingina / Great Lake as part of our in kind support for the Central Plateau Weed Management Strategy. Boat transport, accommodation and practical help was provided to the Derwent Catchment Project for their...
