Native Fish Releases 2006

Note number: FN0602
Published: July 2008

Fisheries Victoria Native Fish Stocking Plan

Fisheries Victoria's native and salmonid fish stocking program is designed to enhance recreational fishing opportunities for anglers. Annual stocking plans are developed utilising information provided at regional stakeholder consultation meetings (CONS). Stakeholders involved are the Victorian Recreational Fishing peak body (VRFish), water and catchment management authorities, the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), Fisheries Victoria and other relevant stakeholders. VRFish represents recreational anglers at these meetings.

The meetings consider the performance of existing stocking programs, results of stock assessment, angler and creel surveys, prevailing environmental conditions, impacts of land and water management regimes and other issues that may impact on the fishery. Requests by stakeholders to vary current stocking programs are also considered.

Stocking Plans may be subject to 'last minute' variation due to natural factors i.e. flood, fire, low water level or quality, algal blooms or manmade impacts such as major works on storages.

Continuing dry conditions meant some scheduled releases were cancelled and others modified. Where possible, VRFish are consulted prior to a variation.

Table 1. Native fish Stocked

Water Stocked Month 2008 Fish Size (g) Murray Cod Golden Perch Silver Perch Trout Cod Australian Bass
Allans Flat Dredge Hole Apr 0.85   1,000    
Amaroo Lake (Shepparton) Apr 0.85   500    
Anderson Lake (Chiltern) Apr 0.85   1,000    
Avoca River (Charlton to Nattie Yallock) Mar
Feb
0.90
0.64

10,000
5,000    
Bartlett Lake (Tatura) Mar 0.80   1,000    
Boga Lake (Lake Boga) Mar
Feb
1.04
203
1,000* 5,000#    
Broken Creek (Dip Bridge & Nathalia) Feb
Feb
Mar
0.80
0.84
0.60
12,000
7,000
15,000    
Broken River (Benalla to Gowangardie Weir) Feb 0.60   15,800    
Buffalo Lake (Myrtleford) Mar
Mar
0.50
0.17

1,000
10,000    
Cairn Curran Res (Maldon) Mar
Feb
0.90
0.52

10,000
20,000    
Calambeen Lake (Creswick) Mar 1.00   200    
Campaspe River (Axedale to Elmore) Apr
Feb
0.82
0.52

20,000
10,000    
Charm Lake (Lake Charm) Mar
Feb
1.04
203

500*
5,000#    
Craigmuir Lake (Mooroopna) Mar 0.80   1,000    
Crusoe Reserevoir (Bendigo) Mar 0.90   5,000    
Cudgewa Creek (Cudgewa) Feb 0.64 5,000     
Cullulleraine Lake (Cullulleraine) Feb 0.51 10,000     
Eildon Lake (Eildon) Nov/2005
Jan
Feb
Feb
Feb
Mar
0.70
1.08
0.55
0.84
0.64
1.69

6,600
1,260
3,100
19,500
19,540
30,000    
Expedition Pass Reserevoir (Farraday) Feb
Mar
0.90
0.52

250
1,000    
Goldfields Res (Maryborough) Mar 0.90   2,000    
Goulburn River (Shepparton)

May
Jan

1.40
1.15

50,000
470    
Greens Lake (Corop) Apr
Mar
0.82
1.70

10,000
5,000    
Gunbower Creek (Gunbower/Cohuna) Jan 1.18 20,000     
Hume Lake (Wodonga) Nov/2005
Mar
0.70
0.50
  30,000
28,300
   
Kangaroo Lake (Lake Charm) Mar
Feb
Apr
1.50
203
0.70
800*

1,500#
10,000#    
Kerford Lake (Beechworth) Mar 1.04   5,000    
Kialla Lakes Mar 0.50   1,500    
King Lake (Rutherglen) Apr 0.85   1,000    
Kow Swamp (Leitchville) May 1.05   15,000#    
Laanecoorie Reserevoir (Laanecoorie) Mar 0.90   10,000    
Little Boort Lake (Boort) Apr 0.75   2,000    
Little Murray River (Swanhill) Jan 1.10 10,000     
Loddon River (Newbridge to Kerang) Apr
Jan
Feb
0.82
1.07
0.52

3,000
17,000
20,000    
Lowanna Lake (Shepparton) Apr 0.85   500    
Mitta Mitta River (Pigs Point) Apr 0.60 10,000     
Molliston Creek Weir (Pyalong) Mar
Feb
0.90
0.52

1,000
1,000    
Nillahcootie Lake (Lima South) Apr 0.85   20,000    
Numurkah Lake (Numurkah) Mar 0.80   5,000    
Ovens River (D/s of Wangaratta) Jan 1.06     10,400  
Pyramid Creek (Below K Swamp) Jan
Feb
1.09
0.52
3,400
6,600
    
Reedy Lake (First) (Kerang) Mar
Feb
Apr
1.04
203
0.70

300*
1,500#
5,000#    
Richardson River (Rich Avon) Mar 0.90   5,000    
Sambell Lake (Beechworth) Mar 0.50   5,000    
Seven Creeks (Euroa) Mar
Apr
1.05
0.85
  4,000
1,000
   
Tullaroop Creek (Durham Ox)    Mar 0.90   5,000    
Waranga Basin (Rushworth) Apr 0.75 20,000     
Wimmera River (Jeparit to Elmhurst) Apr 0.75   20,000    
Wimmera River (Dimboola & Horsham) Apr 1.30   10,000  
Total   281,850 328,270 10,000 10,400  

Table 2. Number

Murray Cod Golden Perch Silver Perch Trout Cod Australian Bass Total
281,850 328,270 10,000 10,400 0 630,520

Table 3. Weight

Murray Cod Golden Perch Silver Perch Trout Cod Australian Bass Total (kg)
785.6 303.5 13.0 11.0 0 1,113.1

Table 4. Transport

Kms Travelled Total Man Days
24,316 59
* Yearling Murray Cod - Dart Tagged
# Chemically Marked Fish

Acknowledgements

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