Inland Fisheries Service News
Galaxiid surveys - Woods and Arthurs lakes.
Each year the IFS surveys Arthurs and Woods lakes for two endangered native fishes, the Arthurs paragalaxias and the Saddled galaxias. At Arthurs Lake, we found high numbers of the Arthurs paragalaxias across all areas of the lake, with 429 fish captured. However, the number of Saddled galaxias captured was very low, with only 9...
Pillans/Julian lakes and Double Lagoon tracks open
Parks and Wildlife Service have advised that the Pillans/Julian lakes and Double Lagoon tracks are now open to vehicles.
Been fishing for escapee Atlantic salmon recently? If you have, IMAS is interested in hearing from you.
In late November and again in early December 2020, damage to marine farm infrastructure located in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel and Storm Bay resulted in the escape of a significant number of Atlantic salmon. While it is a bonanza for recreational fishers, relatively little is known about the impacts of such escape events. There are several...
Inland Fisheries helping to keep anglers safe
The Inland Fisheries Service continues to maintain navigation lights at major boat ramps across Tasmania. The lights were installed at 34 boat ramps in a joint project with MAST and Hydro Tasmania in 2014. Light batteries need to be periodically replaced and redundant lights upgraded. A replacement light was installed at the Lake Barrington rowing...
Boating safety message ramping up for Christmas / New Year
Most anglers around Tasmania are familiar with being checked by Inland Fisheries Authorised Officers, usually to see if they are complying with the Inland Fisheries regulations. For some years now, they have also emphasised boating safety as part of their inspections. Long time angler John Jones is one who is definitely glad they do. On Bronte...
