January 2024 Inland Fisheries Service News Archive
Inland Fisheries Service presents Tasmanian carp eradication efforts at International fish conference
Recently the Carp Management Program (CMP) Leader Jonah Yick presented the successful Tasmanian carp eradication efforts at the 2023 joint 11th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference/Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. The conference ran from the 20th to the 24th of November. The Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (IPFC), held every four years, is one...
Penstock Lagoon Fishery Performance Assessment 2023
As part of the commitment under the Tasmanian Inland Recreational Fishery Management Plan 2018-28, surveys to assess the trout fishery at Penstock Lagoon were completed in July 2023, with a secondary follow up survey in December. The report for these surveys is available on our website at Fisheries Performance Assessment Reports - Inland Fisheries Service...
Christmas holiday patrols wrap up - 2023
Over the Christmas/New Year period anglers around the State took advantage of some time off work and headed to their favourite trout fishing waters. Our Officers were on patrol and spoke with hundreds of anglers, with some outstanding fishing observed. In the highlands, yingina / Great Lake fished well for all methods. Fly anglers reported...
