Native Fish Stocking Plan

2018/19 Plan for Impoundments &

www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/resources/stocking Forward There are many impoundments and suitable for native fish stocking throughout NSW and over the last two decades a large number of excellent recreational fisheries have been established. To ensure that the best use continues to be made of publicly funded fish stocking programs, Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is seeking input from people who have an interest in the State’s stocked native freshwater fisheries.

The attached draft native fish stocking plan has been prepared for consideration by the recreational fishing community. Fish are stocked from Government hatcheries as a service to the anglers of NSW. Locations are selected based on recent stocking history and experience with those waters. The plan is also developed in accordance with the policies and guidelines set out in the Environmental Impact Statement and Fishery Management Strategy (FMS) on freshwater fish stocking in NSW.

The water quality and storage status of impoundments will also be assessed prior to stocking and where necessary changes will be made.

Please note: Planned fish release figures listed in the attached tables are targets only, and may be exceeded, or not attained, depending on hatchery production. Other seasonal factors such as water quality issues or unforeseen circumstances could preclude planned fish releases. As a result, allocations may be amended prior to release. Impoundments are listed as Priority 1 or 2. Priority 1 impoundments support large recreational fisheries or have not received stockings in recent years. Priority 2 impoundments are either smaller fisheries or have recently received large stockings of that species. Every effort will be made to stock listed impoundments. However, in the event of low hatchery production then Priority 1 dams will take precedence.

Please provided any comments on the plan or additional dams you would like considered for the native fish stocking program via email at [email protected]. Small dams will only be considered for stocking if there is practical public access and fishing is allowed. Proposals to stock impoundments which have not previously been stocked by DPI will require concurrence from the Fish Stocking Officer. All proposals will be reviewed to ensure that the stocking is consistent with the FMS.

Please note that native fish are not normally stocked in rivers by DPI. Matching funds for river stockings may be available via the Dollar for Dollar scheme funded through the Freshwater Recreational Fishing Trust. For more information on this program, please refer to the DPI website: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/resources/stocking

For postal correspondence please return any comments to the following address by Friday 29th of June 2017

Nathan Reynoldson Fisheries Management Officer (Inland Recreational) Department of Primary Industries 5/620 Macauley Street ALBURY NSW 2640 Ph: 02 6051 7766 Email: [email protected]

Recreational Fisheries www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au 5/620 Macauley Street Tel: 02 6051 7766 ALBURY NSW 2640 [email protected] Previous Number Species Priority Site Nearest Town Stocking 2017/18 Murray Cod 1 Ben Chifley Bathurst 16/17 10,000 Murray Cod 1 Tumut 16/17 40,000 Murray Cod 1 Wellington 16/17 40,000 Murray Cod 1 Burrinjuck 16/17 40,000 Murray Cod 2 Captains Flat Dam Queanbeyan 09/10 2,000 Murray Cod 2 Blayney 15/16 8,000 Murray Cod 1 Tamworth 16/17 15,000 Murray Cod 1 17/18 50,000 Murray Cod 2 Finley Dam Finley 16/17 1,000 Murray Cod 1 Queanbeyan 16/17 20,000 Murray Cod 2 Gosling Creek Orange 16/17 3,000 Murray Cod 2 Gum Bend Lake Condobolin 15/16 4,000 Murray Cod 1 Horseshoe Lagoon Albury 10/11 1,000 Murray Cod 1 Jounama Pondage Talbingo 16/17 5,000 Murray Cod 1 Gunnedah 16/17 30,000 Murray Cod 1 Khancoban Pondage Khancoban 16/17 5,000 Murray Cod 2 Lake Albert Wagga Wagga 16/17 5,000 Murray Cod 2 Lake Bethungra Cootamundra 13/14 2,000 Murray Cod 2 Lake Cargelligo Lake Cargelligo 15/16 10,000 Murray Cod 2 Lake Centenary Temora 17/18 3,000 Murray Cod 2 Lake Endeavour Parkes 15/16 5,000 Murray Cod 2 Lake Forbes Forbes 13/14 2,000 Murray Cod 1 Lake Inverell Inverell 16/17 2,000 Murray Cod 2 Lake Jerilderie Jerilderie 16/17 1,000 Murray Cod 2 Lake Jerrabomberra Queanbeyan 09/10 1,000 Murray Cod 2 Lake Talbot Narrandera 16/17 3,000 Murray Cod 1 Lake Windamere Mudgee 16/17 40,000 Murray Cod 1 Lake Wyangan Griffith 16/17 5,000 Murray Cod 1 Mannus Lake Tumbarumba 16/17 3,000 Murray Cod 2 Moulamein Dam Moulamein 16/17 2,000 Murray Cod 1 Oberon New Stocking 10,000 Murray Cod 1 Inverell 16/17 20,000 Murray Cod 1 Quipolly Dam Quirindi 16/17 3,000 Murray Cod 2 Redground Dam Crookwell 17/18 4,000 Murray Cod 2 Rylstone Dam Rylstone 15/16 3,000 Murray Cod 1 Manilla 16/17 20,000 Murray Cod 2 Urana Town Lake Urana 16/17 2,000 Murray Cod 1 Cowra 17/18 50,000 Murray Cod 2 Yass Main Weir Yass 16/17 2,000 Murray Cod 2 Yass Railway Weir Yass 16/17 1,000 TOTAL 473,000

Recreational Fisheries www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au 5/620 Macauley Street Tel: 02 6051 7766 ALBURY NSW 2640 [email protected] Golden Perch Previous Number Species Priority Site Nearest Town Stocking 2018/19 Golden Perch 1 Bathurst 17/18 10,000 Golden Perch 1 Blowering Dam Tumut 17/18 50,000 Golden Perch 1 Burraga Dam Black Springs 17/18 2,000 Golden Perch 1 Burrendong Dam Wellington 17/18 40,000 Golden Perch 1 Burrinjuck Dam Burrinjuck 17/18 50,000 Golden Perch 2 Captains Flat Dam Queanbeyan 17/18 4,000 Golden Perch 1 Carcoar Dam Blayney 17/18 10,000 Golden Perch 1 Chaffey Dam Tamworth 17/18 20,000 Golden Perch 2 Chinamans Dam Young 15/16 2,000 Golden Perch 1 Copeton Dam Inverell 17/18 60,000 Golden Perch 2 Corowa Dam Corowa 13/14 2,000 Golden Perch 2 Finley Dam Finley 17/18 2,000 Golden Perch 1 Scone 17/18 50,000 Golden Perch 1 Singleton 17/18 30,000 Golden Perch 1 Googong Dam Queanbeyan 17/18 20,000 Golden Perch 2 Gosling Creek Reservoir Orange 17/18 3,000 Golden Perch 1 Jounama Pondage Talbingo 15/16 10,000 Golden Perch 2 Junee Park Dam Junee 14/15 1,000 Golden Perch 2 Keepit Dam Gunnedah 17/18 20,000 Golden Perch 1 Lake Albert Wagga Wagga 17/18 5,000 Golden Perch 2 Lake Arbortree Ariah Park 17/18 2,000 Golden Perch 1 Lake Bethungra Cootamundra 17/18 2,000 Golden Perch 2 Orange 17/18 3,000 Golden Perch 2 Lake Cargelligo Lake Cargelligo 17/18 20,000 Golden Perch 2 Lake Centenary Temora 17/18 5,000 Golden Perch 2 Lake Endeavour Parkes 17/18 5,000 Golden Perch 2 Lake Forbes Forbes 17/18 5,000 Golden Perch 1 Lake Mulwala Mulwala 17/18 40,000 Golden Perch 2 Lake Talbot Narrandera 17/18 5,000 Golden Perch 1 Lake Windamere Mudgee 17/18 50,000 Golden Perch 2 Lake Wyangan Griffith 17/18 10,000 Golden Perch 1 Mannus Lake Tumbarumba 17/18 5,000 Golden Perch 1 Pindari Dam Inverell 17/18 20,000 Golden Perch 1 Oberon Dam Oberon 17/18 10,000 Golden Perch 2 Quipolly Dam Quirindi 16/17 5,000 Golden Perch 1 Redground Dam Crookwell 17/18 4,000 Golden Perch 2 Rylstone Dam Rylstone 16/17 5,000 Golden Perch 1 Split Rock Dam Manilla 17/18 20,000 Golden Perch 2 Urana Town Lake Urana 17/18 2,000 Golden Perch 1 Wyangala Dam Cowra 17/18 40,000 Golden Perch 2 Yass Main Weir Yass 17/18 4,000 Golden Perch 2 Yass Railway Weir Yass 17/18 2,000 Total 655,000

Recreational Fisheries www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au 5/620 Macauley Street Tel: 02 6051 7766 ALBURY NSW 2640 [email protected] Australian Bass Previous Number Species Priority Site Nearest Town Stocking 2018/19 Australian Bass 1 Moss Vale 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 1 Bundanoon Creek Dam Moss Vale 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 2 Cherrybrook Lakes Pennent Hills 17/18 1,000 Australian Bass 2 Danjera Dam Nowra 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 1 Dumaresq Dam Armidale 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 2 Fitzroy Falls Reservior Kangaroo Valley 17/18 10,000 Australian Bass 1 Flat Rock Dam Nowra 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 1 Glenbawn Dam Scone 17/18 80,000 Australian Bass 2 Glenmore Loch Glenmore Park 17/18 1,000 Australian Bass 1 Glennies Creek Dam Singleton 17/18 50,000 Australian Bass 2 Grahamstown Lake Raymond Terrace 13/14 10,000 Australian Bass 2 Lake Gillawarna Bankstown 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 1 Lake Lyell Lithgow 17/18 15,000 Australian Bass 2 Lake Ironbark Rouse Hill 17/18 1,000 Australian Bass 1 Parramatta 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 1 Lake Toolooma Waterfall 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 1 Lake Wallace Wallerawang 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 2 Lake Woodcroft Blacktown 17/18 1,000 Australian Bass 2 Longneck Lagoon Windsor 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 2 Gresford 17/18 15,000 Australian Bass 1 Malpas Dam Guyra 17/18 10,000 Australian Bass 2 Manly 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 1 Medway Dam Moss Vale 17/18 5,000 Australian Bass 2 Newland Reserve Lake Milperra 17/18 1,000 Australian Bass 2 Crookwell 15/16 2,000 Australian Bass 1 Pourmalong Creek Dam Wyee 13/14 4,000 Australian Bass 2 St Philips Wetlands Nelson Bay 17/18 3,000 Australian Bass 1 Kangaroo Valley 15/16 60,000 Australian Bass 1 Kyogle 15/16 15,000 Australian Bass 1 Warabrook Lower Warabrook 15/16 4,000 Australian Bass 1 Warabrook Upper Warabrook 15/16 1,000 Australian Bass 1 Wentworth Falls Dam Wentworth Falls 13/14 4,000 Australian Bass 2 Werrington Lake Werrington 15/16 2,000 Total 350,000

Recreational Fisheries www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au 5/620 Macauley Street Tel: 02 6051 7766 ALBURY NSW 2640 [email protected] Silver Perch Previous Number Species Priority Site Nearest Town Stocking 2018/19 Silver Perch 1 Burrendong Dam Wellington 11/12 40,000 Silver Perch 1 Burrinjuck Dam Burrinjuck 14/15 40,000 Silver Perch 1 Glenbawn Dam Scone 17/18 20,000 Silver Perch 1 Glennies Creek Dam Singleton 17/18 20,000 Silver Perch 1 Keepit Dam Gunnedah 09/10 30,000 Silver Perch 1 Lake Windamere Mudgee 16/17 30,000 Silver Perch 1 Pindari Dam Inverell 09/10 10,000 Silver Perch 1 Split Rock Dam Manilla 05/06 10,000 Silver Perch 2 Yass Main Weir Yass 14/15 5,000 Total 205,000

Trout Cod Previous Number Species Priority Site Nearest Town Stocking 2018/19 Trout Cod 1 Talbingo 16/17 10,000 Total 10,000

Estuary Perch Previous Number Species Priority Site Nearest Town Stocking 2018/19 Estuary Perch 1 Brogo Dam Bega 17/18 10,000 Total 10,000

Mangrove Jack Previous Number Species Priority Site Nearest Town Stocking 2018/19 Mangrove Jack 1 Uki 15/16 8,000 Total 8,000

Recreational Fisheries www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au 5/620 Macauley Street Tel: 02 6051 7766 ALBURY NSW 2640 [email protected]