Inland Fisheries Service News
IFS staff clean up fishing sites
The Inland Fisheries Service participated in Business Clean Up Australia Day yesterday. We focussed on Angler Access sites along the River Derwent. The section from the Bridgewater Bridge to Gretna. We also cleaned up the Dago Point campground and Mountain Creek shore campsites at Lake Sorell. Anglers appear to be keeping the fishing locations relatively...
Manuscript published on the eradication of carp from Lake Crescent
Lead author and current Carp Management Program team teader Jonah Yick, describes the strategies and techniques used to eradicate common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from Lake Crescent (23km2) in a peer reviewed manuscript published in the international journal “Fishes”. Carp were first discovered in both lakes Crescent and Sorell in January 1995, and contained to these...
Pontoon installed at Cramps Bay
Marine And Safety Tasmania (MAST), in conjunction with Hydro Tasmania, have completed installation of a cable pontoon at Cramps Bay, yingina / Great Lake. Located at the north eastern end of the lake the pontoon provides added convenience for day trips from the Launceston area and for local shack owners. The installation was the result of a successful funding...
Meander River focus of fly fishing marketing campaign
Tourism Tasmania has developed a marketing campaign to build awareness of Tasmania as a world-class fly fishing destination among fly fishing enthusiasts. The campaign is based around the insight that fly fishing enthusiasts feel like a local in Tasmania, wherever they’re from. It invites fly fishers to experience the best the state has to offer...
Nineteen Lagoons to feature in tourism campaign
Tourism Tasmania has developed a marketing campaign to build awareness of Tasmania as a world-class fly fishing destination among fly fishing enthusiasts. The campaign is based around the insight that fly fishing enthusiasts feel like a local in Tasmania, wherever they’re from. It invites fly fishers to experience the best the state has to offer...
