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FISHING AND BOATING CATCHCATCH LIMITSLIMITS FISHINGFISHING AND AND BOATING BOATING CATCH LIMITS Fish stocking of Lake Awoonga began in the early 1980s, and was carried out BarramundiBarramundi – – no no closed closed season season for for Lake Lake Awoonga Awoonga but but seasonal seasonal limits limits apply: apply: FishFish stocking stocking of of Lake Lake Awoonga Awoonga began began in inthe the early early 1980s, 1980s, and and was was carried carried out out Barramundi – no closed season for Lake Awoonga but seasonal limits apply: by local stocking groups and under the Queensland Dept of Primary Industries byby local local stocking stocking groups groups and and under under the the Queensland Queensland Government Dept of Primary Recreational Industries (DPI) Recreational Fishery Enhancement Program. Restocking at this time saw Season Season OpenOpen 1st 1st Feb Feb - - 31 31 Oct Oct CloseClose 1st 1st Nov Nov - - 31st 31st Jan Jan Fishery(DPI) Recreational Enhancement Fishery Program. Enhancement Restocking Program. at this time Restocking saw almost at this 250,000 time saw Season Open 1st Feb - 31 Oct Close 1st Nov - 31st Jan almost 250,000 fingerlings (baby fish) released into Lake Awoonga. fingerlingsalmost 250,000 (baby fingerlingsfish) released (baby into fish)Lake releasedAwoonga. into Lake Awoonga. SizeSize Limit Limit 58cm58cm min. min. / / 120cm 120cm max max 58cm58cm minimum minimum Accommodation Size Limit 58cm min. / 120cm max 58cm minimum Accommodation Because this stocking effort met with limited success, in 1991 Gladstone Area Because this stocking effort met with limited success, in 1991 Gladstone Area Lake Awoonga Caravan Park (07) 4975 0155 Water Board (GAWB) commissioned consultants to survey the lake, and to PossessionPossession Limit Limit FiveFive (one (one of of which which can can be be OneOne of of which which can can be be Lake Awoonga Caravan Park (07) 4975 0155 BecauseWater this Board stocking (GAWB) effort commissioned met with limited consultants success, toin 1991 survey Gladstone the lake, Area and to Possession Limit Five (one of which can be One of which can be Lake Awoonga Caravan Park (07) 4975 0155 make recommendations on future stocking. The consultant’s report concluded greatergreater than than 120cm) 120cm) greatergreater than than 120cm 120cm Watermake Boardrecommendations (GAWB) commissioned on future stocking. consultants The toconsultant’s survey the report lake, concluded and to greater than 120cm) greater than 120cm that stocked were not a significant component of the fishery and Bird-Watching that stocked species were not a significant component of the fishery and Bird-Watching OtherOther Rules Rules OnlyOnly one one & & can can be be NoNo special special tagging tagging make recommendations on future stocking. The consultant’s report concluded Other Rules Only one & can be No special tagging highlighted the large number of predators present, which presumably were Rod Harrison 0418 892 600 highlighted the large number of predators present, which presumably were Rod Harrison 0418 892 600 overover 120cm 120cm requiredrequired that stocked species were not a significant component of the fishery and over 120cm required reducing survival rates. The recommendations from this were that barramundi highlightedreducing survivalthe large rates. number The recommendationsof predators present, from whichthis were presumably that barramundi were be stocked as the principal species due to its rapid growth, high survival Boat and Houseboat Hire be stocked as the principal species due to its rapid growth, high survival Boat and Houseboat Hire SeaSea Mullet Mullet MinimumMinimum 30cm 30cm / / no no maximum maximum reducing survival rates. The recommendations from this were that barramundi Sea Mullet Minimum 30cm / no maximum potential and competitive nature. After consultation with DPI, the decision was Mangrove Jack Minimum 35cm / no maximum Barrawoonga 0422 223 399 potential and competitive nature. After consultation with DPI, the decision was Mangrove Jack Minimum 35cm / no maximum Barrawoonga 0422 223 399 Mangrove Jack Minimum 35cm / no maximum be stocked as the principal species due to its rapid growth, high survival made to establish a hatchery to supply the large number, and genetic strain, OtherOther Fish Fish DPI&FQueensland fishing Government regulations fishinggovern captureregulations Lake Awoonga Houseboats & Leisure Hire (07)(07) 49754975 09300930 made to establish a hatchery to supply the large number, and genetic strain, Other Fish DPI&F fishing regulations govern capture Lake Awoonga Houseboats & Leisure Hire (07) 4975 0930 potential and competitive nature. After consultation with the State Government, of fingerlings required. In 1996, the first barramundi were released into Lake ofgovern other capturespecies of other species of fingerlings required. In 1996, the first barramundi were released into Lake of other species Awoonga. Club/Groups theAwoonga. decision was made to establish a hatchery to supply the large number, Club/Groups CatchCatch Records: Records: BarramundiBarramundi 33.3kg33.3kg (122cm (122cm approx) approx) Gladstone SkiBowhunters and Barefoot Club 0409(07) 4976 705 4359678 and genetic strain, of fingerlings required. In 1996, the first barramundi were Catch Records: Barramundi 33.3kg (122cm approx) Gladstone Bowhunters (07) 4976 9678 The Gladstone Area Water Board (supported by the Gladstone Ports MangroveMangrove jack: jack: 4.5kg4.5kg approx approx (61cm) (61cm) GladstonePort Curtis BowhuntersScout Group (07)(07) 49764972 96785300 releasedThe Gladstone into Lake Awoonga. Area Water Board (supported by the Gladstone Ports Mangrove jack: 4.5kg approx (61cm) Port Curtis Scout Group (07) 4972 5300 Corporation Limited) operates a modern marine fish hatchery for the purpose SeaSea mullet: mullet: 4kg4kg (80cm (80cm approx) approx) Port Curtis Scout Group (07) 4972 5300 Corporation Limited) operates a modern marine fish hatchery for the purpose Sea mullet: 4kg (80cm approx) of supplying fingerlings to restock Lake Awoonga, Gladstone’s principal water Fishing Charters of supplying fingerlings to restock Lake Awoonga, Gladstone’s principal water Fishing Charters storage. The hatchery is one of the largest breeders of barramundi fingerlings GAWBstorage. (supported The hatchery by the is one Gladstone of the largest Ports Corporationbreeders of barramundiLimited) operates fingerlings a FishingBarra Madness Charters 0420 846 345 modern marine fish hatchery for the purpose of supplying fingerlings to restock Barra Madness 0420 846 345 in Queensland. It also breeds mangrove jack and sea mullet. Since 1996 over BarraJamie MadnessBein 04200407 846434 345446 in Queensland. It also breeds mangrove jack and sea mullet. Since 1996 over Jamie Bein 0407 434 446 2,200,000 barramundi, 430,000 mullet and 13,000 mangrove jack fingerlings Lake2,200,000 Awoonga, barramundi, Gladstone’s 430,000 principal mullet water and storage. 13,000 mangroveThe hatchery jack is fingerlings one of JamieLake Awoonga Bein Guided Fishing Tours 04070429 434723 446757 Lake Awoonga Guided Fishing Tours 0429 723 757 have been released into Lake Awoonga. thehave largest been breeders released of into barramundi Lake Awoonga. fingerlings in Queensland. It also breeds LakeMatthew Awoonga Mott SportfishingGuided Fishing Charters Tours 04290428 723682594 757 mangrove jack and sea mullet. Over 3,691,357 barramundi, 465,718 sea Matthew Mott Sportfishing Charters 0428 682594 FISH STOCKS Rod Harrison 0418 892 600 mulletFISH and STOCKS 70,942 mangrove jack fingerlings have been released into Lake Rod Harrison 0418 892 600 BarBarramundiramundi Awoonga. Barramundi LatesLates calcarifer calcarifer MangroveMangrove Jack Jack Tourism Information Lates calcarifer Mangrove Jack Tourism Information Approximately 300,000 fish are released each year including 200,000 LutjanusLutjanus argentimaculatus argentimaculatus Approximately 300,000 fish are released each year including 200,000 Lutjanus argentimaculatus barramundi and some mangrove jack. By October 2009 a total of over GAPDL Gladstone Information Centre (07)(07) 49724972 90009000 barramundi and some mangrove jack. By October 2009 a total of over GAPDL Gladstone Information Centre (07) 4972 9000 3.4 million fish had been released into Lake Awoonga including 2.88 million 3.4 million fish had been released into Lake Awoonga including 2.88 million barramundi, 465,000 sea mullet and 70,600 mangrove jack. (These fish were BEbarramundi, AWARE 465,000 OF HAZARDS! sea mullet and 70,600 mangrove jack. (These fish were bred at Gladstone Area Water Board’s Fish Hatchery facility.) bred at Gladstone Area Water Board’s Fish Hatchery facility.) Gladstone Area Water Board At full supply level of 40m above sea level, the total capacity of Lake Gladstone Area Water Board BE AWARE OF HAZARDS! SaratogaSaratoga SeaSea Mullet Mullet Gladstone147 Goondoon Area Street Water Board AwoongaBE AWARE is 777,000 OF megalitres. HAZARDS! Because of fluctuating water levels, boat Saratoga Sea Mullet 147 Goondoon Street ScleropagesScleropages leichardti leichardti MugilMugil cephalus cephalus 147PO Box Goondoon 466 Street users of the lake should be aware that submerged hazards exist. The waters of Scleropages leichardti Mugil cephalus PO Box 466 PO Box 466 At full supply level of 40m above sea level, the total capacity of Lake GLADSTONE QLD 4680 LakeAt Awoonga full supply are level controlled of 40m by aboveQueensland sea level,Boating the and total Fisheries capacity Patrol of and Lake GLADSTONE QLD 4680 GLADSTONE QLD 4680 Awoonga is 777,000 megalitres. Because of fluctuating water levels, boat FISHFISH SPECIES SPECIES @ @ LAKE LAKE AWOONGA AWOONGA Ph: 07 4976 3000 QueenslandAwoonga isWater 777,000 Police megalitres. under the Transport Because ofOperations fluctuating (Marine water Safety) levels, Act boat FISH SPECIES @ LAKE AWOONGA Ph: 07 4976 3000 users of the lake should be aware that submerged hazards exist. The waters of Ph:Fax: 07 07 4976 4972 3000 5632 1994users , enforcedof the lake to shouldprevent be potentially aware that dangerous submerged activities. hazards The exist. onus The for waters safety of Fax: 07 4972 5632 Lake Awoonga are controlled by Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol and Fax: 07 4972 5632 Lake Awoonga are controlled by Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol and Agassiz’sAgassiz’s Glass Perch Glass PerchFly-speckedFly-specked Hardyhead HardyheadMangroveMangrove Jack # JackSnub-nose # Snub-nose Garfish Garfish Email: [email protected] is on the owner and master of a vessel. Agassiz’s Glass Perch Fly-specked Hardyhead Mangrove Jack # Snub-nose Garfish Email: [email protected] Queensland Water Police under the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act, Banded GrunterBanded Grunter Forktail CatfishForktail Mouth AlmightyMouth AlmightySooty GrunterSooty #Grunter # Email:www.gawb.qld.gov.au [email protected] Queensland Water Police under the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act, Banded Grunter Forktail Catfish Mouth Almighty Sooty Grunter # www.gawb.qld.gov.au enforced to prevent potentially dangerous activities. The onus for safety is on BarramundiBarramundi GudgeonGudgeon SaratogaSaratoga # # SpangledSpangled Perch Perch www.gawb.qld.gov.au Mapsenforced of the to lake prevent are potentiallyavailable fromdangerous Lake Awoongaactivities. CaravanThe onus Parkfor safety or Lake is on Barramundi Gudgeon Saratoga # Spangled Perch the owner and master of a vessel. Bony BreamBony Bream Hyrtl’s TandanHyrtl’s # Tandan # Sea MulletSea Mullet YellowbellyYellowbelly # # Lake Awoonga Rangers Awoongathe owner Houseboats and master & ofLeisure a vessel. Hire. Bony Bream Hyrtl’s Tandan # Sea Mullet Yellowbelly # Lake Awoonga Rangers Eastern RainbowfishEastern RainbowfishLong-finnedLong-finned Eel Silver PerchSilver # Perch # Lake Awoonga Rangers Eastern Rainbowfish Long-finned Eel Silver Perch # Eeltail catfishEeltail catfish Longtom Longtom Sleepy CodSleepy # Cod # Ph: 07 4975 0335 Eeltail catfish Longtom Sleepy Cod # Ph: 07 4975 0335 Maps of the lake are available from Lake Awoonga Caravan Park or Lake Ph: 07 4975 0335 Maps of the lake are available from Lake Awoonga Caravan Park or Lake Awoonga Houseboats & Leisure Hire. Mob: 0419 661 482 Awoonga Houseboats & Leisure Hire. Mob: 0419 661 482 # Present# in Present low numbers in low numbers Mob: 0419 661 482 GLADSTONE QUEENSLAND # Present in low numbers GLADSTONE QUEENSLAND

Fishing & Fauna Brochure_update.indd 1 1/11/2011 1:42:22 PM Fishing & Fauna Brochure_update.indd 1 1/11/2011 1:42:22 PM Vulnerable or FLORA & FAUNA SPECIES @ LAKE AWOONGA Apostlebird Caspian Tern + Little Egret Shining Bronze- Australasian Grebe Cattle Egret + Little Friarbird Cuckoo Endangered Australasian or blue winged Channel-billed Cuckoo Little Grassbird Silver Gull Shoveller Chestnut teal Little Lorikeet Silvereye Australian Brush Chestnut-breasted Little Pied Cormorant Singing or Bird Species Turkey Mannikin or Munia Little or Rufous Australasian Bushlark Australian Bustard Cicadabird Shrike-thrush Southern Boobook + Australian Clamorous Reed- Little Tern + Spangled Drongo Australian Grey Teal Warbler + Magpie Goose Spectacled Monarch + Australian hobby or Cockatiel Magpie-lark Spotless Crake Southern Little falcon Collared Marsh or Baillon’s Crake Spotted Pardalote Australian King-Parrot Sparrowhawk Masked Lapwing Spotted Turtle-Dove Squatter Pigeon Australian Magpie Comb-crested Jacana Mistletoebird Square-tailed Kite Australian Owlet Nightjar or Lotus Bird Nankeen or Southern Squatter (Geophaps scripta scripta) Australian Pelican Common Bronzewing Australian Kestrel Pigeon # Australian pratincole Common Greenshank + Nankeen Night Straw-necked Ibis • Length 290mm approx LOCAL WILDLIFE FLORA REFUGE Australian Raven Common Koel Heron Striated Pardalote Australian White Ibis Common Mynah Noisy Friarbird Striated Thornbill • Wingspan 450mm approx Lake Awoonga and the surrounding land provide habitat for a wondrous More than 415 plant varieties play a vital role in the health of the Australian Wood or Common Starling Noisy Miner Striped Honeyeater • Weight 212g approx array of plants, and birds. Whiptail or pretty-face wallabies Lake Awoonga region. Ranging from vine thickets and rainforests to Maned Duck Cotton Pygmy-goose Nutmeg Mannikin Stubble Quail can be easily found throughout the recreation area. You may also tall woodlands and grassy woodlands, they include over 45 confirmed Azure Kingfisher Crested Pigeon Olive-backed Oriole Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Barking Owl Dollarbird Osprey + Swamp Harrier Medium-sized and heavily built, the southern squatter encounter skinks, frogs, turtles, platypus, possums, echidnas, butterflies, species of aquatic plants such as ribbon weed, hornwort and sedges Barn Owl Domestic Goose Pacific Baza Tawny Frogmouth bats, koalas, geckos and a multitude of insects and plant life. found in the shallow water areas. Bar-shouldered Dove Double-barred Finch Pacific Black Duck Tawny Grassbird pigeon is a ground-dwelling bird that lives in open, Bar-tailed Godwit + Dusky Honeyeater Pacific or Eastern Topknot Pigeon tropical dry sclerophyll woodlands and plains of north- The Yellow-Bellied Glider and the Grey-headed Flying Fox can be Aquatic plants have an important function in that they provide food and Black Bittern Dusky Moorhen Golden Plover + Torresian Crow found in the region and are both listed as vulnerable. cover for animals, stabilise the river bottom against erosion and recycle Black Falcon Eastern Curlew + Painted Button-quail Tree Martin eastern . Preferring to live close to permanent nutrients. Black Kite Eastern Reef Heron Pale-headed Rosella Varied Sittella Lake Awoonga is arguably one of the most important near-coast bird Black Swan Eastern Whipbird Pallid Cuckoo Varied Triller waterholes, it builds its nest on the ground, often sheltered refuges on the east coast of Australia with over 220 species or more Several plants of conservation significance exist in the Awoonga region Black-chinned Honeyeater Eastern Yellow Robin Peaceful Dove Wandering in short dry grass or bushes. Created from a shallow than 27% of Australia’s bird species found in the region. including Grevillea Venusta and Cycas Megacarpa which are listed as Black faced Cuckoo- Emerald Dove Peregrine Falcon Whistling duck endangered, while the Dicanthium Setosum is listed as vulnerable. Shrike Emu Pheasant Coucal Wedge-tailed Eagle depression, the nest is lined with leaves and grass. Its The Southern Squatter Pigeon is listed as vulnerable and the Red Black-faced Monarch + Eurasian Coot Pied Butcherbird Weebill Goshawk is listed as endangered, while a further 27 species are listed There are a number of declared alien plants and environmental weeds Black-faced Woodswallow Fairy Gerygone Pied Cormorant Welcome Swallow diet includes insects, and a wide range of seeds from Black-fronted Dotterel Fairy Martin Pied Currawong Whimbrel + on International Migratory Conservation Agreement lists. proliferating throughout the river system and the catchment including Black-necked Stork or Fan-tailed Cuckoo Plumed Whistling Duck Whiskered Tern herbs, legumes, grasses, shrubs and trees, and this varies parthenium, salvinia, cat’s claw vine, lantana, oleander and rubbervine. Further flora and fauna information can be found on the GAWB website Jabiru Forest Kingfisher Plum-headed Finch Whistling Kite according to the season. A weed and pest management plan has been developed to Black-shouldered Kite Fork-tailed swift + Powerful Owl White-bellied at www.gawb.qld.gov.au. supplement the annual weed control programme. Black-tailed Godwit + Fuscous honeyeater Purple Swamphen Cuckoo-Shrike Black-winged Stilt Galah Rainbow Bee eater + White-bellied Some plant identification name tags can be found at the Lake Awoonga Blue-faced Glossy black Cockatoo Rainbow Lorikeet Sea Eagle + Red Goshawk SURVEYS OF FLORA AND FAUNA Recreation Area relating the common and scientific name of trees Honeyeater Glossy Ibis + Rajah Shelduck White-breasted Blue-winged Golden Whistler Red Goshawk # Woodswallow and shrubs for interested visitors. GAWB has carried out vegetation (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) Both the lake and the entire length of the Boyne River have been Kookaburra Golden-headed Red-backed White-browed extensively surveyed. Numbers of macroinvertebrates and other water regeneration programs in order to replace remnant endangered regional Brahminy Kite Cisticola Fairy wren Scrub-wren Brolga Great Crested Grebe • Length 600mm approx dwelling creatures found in surveys are consistent with a ecosystems impacted by the lake. Red-browed Finch White-eared Monarch healthy lake and downstream waterway. Brown Cuckoo-Dove Great Egret + Red-capped Plover White-faced Heron • Wingspan 1350mm approx Brown Falcon Green or Southern Red-kneed dotterel White-naped Honeyeater Brown Goshawk Figbird Red-necked stint + White-necked Heron Brown Honeyeater Green Pygmy-goose Red-tailed Black- White-throated The red goshawk is listed as endangered in Queensland FAUNA REFUGE Brown Quail Grey Butcherbird Cockatoo Gerygone Brown Thornbill Grey Fantail Red-winged Parrot White-throated and vulnerable throughout Australia. Unlike other birds Feathered, furry or scaled, Lake Brush Cuckoo Grey Shrike-thrush Restless Flycatcher Honeyeater Awoonga is home to a thriving array Buff-banded Rail Grey-crowned Richard’s or White-throated of prey, it is the female that is the larger of the two and of native animals, several of which Bush Hen Babbler Australasian Pipit Needletail + more powerfully built. Usually a solitary bird, the red are of conservation significance. Bush Stone-curlew Grey-tailed tattler + Rock Dove or Feral White-throated Nightjar Gull-billed Tern Pigeon White-throated goshawk can occasionally be seen in family groups or The lake and surrounding lands Hardhead Duck Rose Robin Treecreeper 2 House Sparrow Rose-crowned White-winged Chough pairs in its home range of up to 220km . Preying on provide habitat for plants and Indian Peafowl Fruit dove White-winged Triller larger birds such as kookaburras and black cockatoos, the animals in and adjacent to the clear, Intermediate Egret Royal Spoonbill Willie Wagtail fresh waters created by Awoonga Jacky Winter Rufous Fantail + Wonga Pigeon red goshawk also eats insects, reptiles and mammals and Dam. The plants in the water and on Latham’s Snipe + Rufous Whistler Yellow-billed Spoonbill Laughing Kookaburra Sacred Kingfisher Yellow-faced will cleverly watch out for bushfires and take animals when river banks maintain a wondrous array Leaden Flycatcher Satin Flycatcher + Honeyeater they are flushed out. Breeding from August to November, of small animals (insects, beetles, worms, Lewin’s Honeyeater Scaly-breasted Yellow-rumped Thornbill shell-fish, bugs, shrimps, etc) which support Little Bittern Lorikeet Yellow-tailed Black its nest is a large platform of dead sticks lined with green the fish, , turtles, platypus and birds. Little Black Cormorant Scarlet Honeyeater Cockatoo Little Button Quail Sharp-tailed Zebra Finch leaves and twigs, usually built in the fork of a tree up to Little Eagle Sandpiper + 20m above the ground. Each year, the red goshawk will + Listed on International Migratory Agreement lists use the same nest. # Listed as vulnerable or endangered