Fishing Code 2015-16
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THE ESSENTIAL POCKET GUIDE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015-16 $6.00 concession entry fee for all Full Season Licence holders during the 2015/2016 season www.salmonponds.com.au Contents Contacts 4-5 Important season dates 6 Regulation changes 6 Licence information 7 Rules and regulations 11 Exceptions to the general rule 17-18 Exceptions to the general rules chart 19-20, 25-28 Boating information 29-31 Inland Fisheries Officers 32 Protecting the fishery and environment 35-39 Anglers Alliance Tasmania 39 Trout Guides 40 Cover photo courtesy of Brad Harris - 2015 THE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015 -16 PAGE 3 Contacts Inland Fisheries Service contacts Head Office 17 Back River Rd, New Norfolk, Tasmania 7140 PO Box 575, New Norfolk, Tasmania 7140 Phone (03) 6165 3808 1300 INFISH (1300 463 474) Fax (03) 6261 8051 Email [email protected] Website www.ifs.tas.gov.au Manager, Compliance and Operations 0438 338 530 Liawenee Field Station (03) 6259 8166 Lake Crescent Field Station (03) 6254 0058 THE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015 -16 PAGE 4 Other contacts Anglers Alliance Tasmania www.anglersalliance.org.au Bureau of Meteorology www.bom.gov.au Bushwatch 131 444 Devil facial tumour disease (03) 6165 4300 Emergency Animal Disease hotline 1800 675 888 Hydro Tasmania (lake levels) www.hydro.com.au Hydro Tasmania 1300 360 441 Marine and Safety Tasmania 1300 135 513 Orphaned or injured wildlife (03) 6165 4305 Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) 1300 827 727 PWS Mole Creek (Central Plateau) (03) 6363 5133 Quarantine Tasmania (03) 6165 3777 Report fox sightings 1300 369 688 Report littering 1300 135 513 Salmon Ponds Restaurant (03) 6261 5663 Service Tasmania 1300 135 513 State Emergency Service 24hrs (03) 6230 2700 Tasmanian Boating Weather 1900 969 940 Tasmanian Forecasts 1900 955 364 Trout Guides and Lodges Tasmania www.troutguidestasmania.com.au THE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015 -16 PAGE 5 Important season dates Saturday 1/8/15 Opening of most waters Saturday 3/10/15 Opening of designated rainbow trout waters Saturday 28/11/15 Opening of Canal Bay, Great Lake Sunday 3/4/16 Closure of Canal Bay, Great Lake Sunday 1/5/16 Closure of most waters Saturday & Sunday 21-22/5/16 Trout Weekend, Liawenee Sunday 29/5/16 Closure of designated rainbow trout waters and lakes Mackintosh and Rosebery Regulation changes There is only one change to the angling regulations for the 2015-16 angling season. Effective of the 1st August 2015, Pioneer Lake will be open for fishing all year round. This water is located approximately 1km north of the township of Pioneer. Map grid reference: GDA 94 MGA 55: 578073E; 5452747N. THE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015 -16 PAGE 6 Licence information Angling licence requirements A current angling licence is required to fish with a rod, reel and line at any inland water in Tasmania (including farm dams on private property) during the angling season that applies to that water. A separate licence is required for whitebait fishing and all commercial activities, including the sale of fish and possession of certain equipment such as a fish net. Only a private fishery registered by the Inland Fisheries Service (the Service) can charge a fee to fish and set rules for the fishery. An angling licence is not required to fish: • at a Registered Private Fishery • for bream in the specified bream (indigenous fish) waters listed in the Inland Fisheries (Recreational Fishing) Regulations 2009 • with a single rod at an open inland water if the person is under the age of 14 years. Licence type and cost Angling licence types and costs for the 2015-16 licence period, which runs from 1/8/15 to 31/7/16, are shown below. This year, the Service has held the cost of a Junior licence at $12 for the eighth year in a row. THE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015 -16 PAGE 7 Angling licence type Cost $ 5 Season Licence - Adult 1 Rod 351.00 5 Season Licence - Adult 2 Rod 421.00 5 Season Licence - Senior 1 Rod 277.00 5 Season Licence - Senior 2 Rod 312.50 5 Season Licence - Pensioner 1 Rod 191.00 5 Season Licence - Pensioner 2 Rod 226.50 Adult full season 73.50 Senior full season 58.50 Pensioner full season 40.50 Junior (14-17 yrs) full season 12.00 28 days 58.50 7 days 37.50 48 hours 22.50 2nd Rod (Adult) 15.00 2nd Rod (Other) 7.50 Replacement 3.00 THE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015 -16 PAGE 8 To be eligible for a Junior licence, a person must be at least 14 years of age and under 18 years of age. In order to purchase a Senior or Pensioner licence, a person must produce his or her Senior Card or Pensioner Concession Card at the time of purchase and record the number on the licence. Note that a Health Care Card does not qualify a person as eligible for a Pensioner licence. Purchasing or renewing a licence Angling licences can be purchased or renewed online at www.ifs.tas.gov.au They are also sold by registered agents throughout Tasmania including tackle, outdoor and sports stores, and all Service Tasmania shops. Renewal forms are sent to all Full Season licence holders each year by post or email, and anglers are sent a plastic licence card within 21 days of receipt of payment or from the date when licence selling agents returns are received. Whitebait fishing licence Whitebait licences are issued as a separate fishing licence and are available through Service Tasmania shops and selected agents prior to the season. The cost of a whitebait licence this year is $30.00 and the season runs from Thursday, 1 October 2015 to Wednesday, 11 November 2015. The regulations relating to whitebait fishing are provided on the whitebait licence. THE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015 -16 PAGE 9 Angling licence conditions It is a condition of the angling licence that the holder complies with the Inland Fisheries Act 1995, Inland Fisheries (Recreational Fishing) Regulations 2009 and subsequent Orders. These regulations governing the recreational fishery are summarised in this Fishing Code but complete versions of this legislation can be viewed online at www.thelaw.tas.gov.au Recreational species The recreational fishing regulations are focused on the four species of salmonids, which were introduced to Tasmania and are now acclimatised fish. These are brown trout (Salmo trutta), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Several species of native fish that are commonly caught by anglers are also governed by the Inland Fisheries (Recreational Fishing) Regulations 2009. These are black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri), river blackfish (Gadopsis marmoratus), estuary perch (Macquaria colonorum), short finned eel (Anguilla australis) and long finned eel (Anguilla reinhardtii). Separate regulations apply to the recreational whitebait fishery which covers several species of small native fish. THE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015 -16 PAGE 10 Rules and regulations General angling rules and regulations Angling rules and regulations, including angling seasons and times, bag and size limits, and angling methods apply to individual waters in Tasmania. The general rules that apply for most waters are: • an open season from 1/8/15 to 1/5/16 • open to all methods of angling (fly, artificial lure and bait fishing) • a daily bag limit of 12 fish • a minimum fish size of 220 mm in length. The exceptions to these general rules apply to waters closed to fishing at all times listed under Closed Waters (as shown below), all waters in the Western Lakes area, National Parks and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) and waters listed in the exceptions to the general rules chart. A database of inland waters and corresponding regulations, that can be searched by water, region, species or fishing method, is available at www.ifs.tas.gov.au Open seasons Most inland waters are open from 1/8/15 to 1/5/16. The exceptions include a smaller number of designated rainbow trout waters, which are open from 3/10/15 to 29/5/16, waters that are opened for specific periods only and waters open all year. These exceptions are listed in the exceptions to the general rules chart. THE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015 -16 PAGE 11 Closed waters Waters closed to fishing at all times include: • All waters flowing into Lake Crescent excluding that section of the canal connecting lakes Crescent and Sorell below Interlaken Road (C527) • Dogs Head Creek, Silver Plains Creek and Mountain Creek flowing into Lake Sorell and for a radius of 50 m below where that water flows into Lake Sorell • Curries River Reservoir, within a 400 m radius of the dam intake structure • Lake Fenton and its tributaries • Waters flowing into Great Lake, Lake Leake, Arthurs Lake and Dee Lagoon • Waters within a radius of 50 m below where that water flows into Great Lake, Lake Leake, Arthurs Lake and Dee Lagoon • Penstock Lagoon Nos 1 and 2 canals above two white posts on opposite banks of those canals • Brushy Rivulet, flowing into Brushy Lagoon • McPartlans Canal between lakes Pedder and Gordon • All ponds, raceways and fish culture ponds maintained by, or operated under, the consent of the Service (the exception being the Plenty River adjacent to the Salmon Ponds, as this is reserved for anglers with a disability) • Fishing is prohibited within 100 m of a fish trap main- tained by the Service. THE TASMANIAN INLAND FISHING CODE 2015 -16 PAGE 12 Special closure Lake Sorell is closed to the public until further notice due to carp management activities.