Salmonid Fish Releases 2013
Victorian Fish Stocking Program
The Victorian Fisheries Authority's native and salmonid (trout and salmon) fish stocking program is designed to enhance recreational fishing opportunities for anglers. Annual stocking plans are developed using information provided at five regional consultation meetings (known as Vic Fish Stock) with anglers. Fisheries Victoria recognises the importance of stakeholder participation in this process. The meetings use input from recreational fishing representatives, resource managers such as the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning DELWP (former) Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Catchment Management Authorities, Water Authorities and The Victorian Fisheries Authority staff to develop the current year's stocking plan.
The development of the annual stocking program takes into account the performance of the various fisheries, the existing stocking program, results of stock assessment, fisher 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. The 2013 salmonid stocking component of the program released 561,298 salmonids into Victorian waters, including 244,382 rainbow trout, 228,816 brown trout and 88,100 Chinook salmon.
All these fish were produced at the Snobs Creek facility and reflect improvements made with recreational fishing licence funds and the State Government's Recreational Fishing Initiative to upgrade facilities and improve fish health management. The hard work and expertise of staff is vital to reliable fish production and healthy fish releases into waterways.
Fishing licence fees have improved the reliability of fish production and stocking of Chinook salmon from DELWP Snobs Creek. The funding provided an assessment of the genetic diversity of salmon broodfish, a review of fish production methods and creation of a new 'best practice' Chinook salmon breeding Standard Operating Procedure. The outcome of this work culminated in a successful breeding 2012 breeding season. The enhanced salmon production in 2012 presented the opportunity to expand the salmon stocking with an additional 43,100 chinook salmon yearlings stocked in 2013 into seven new waters: Bellfield Reservoir, Lake Tooliorook, Lauriston Reservoir, Lake Elingamite, Bostock Reservoir, Deep Lake and Rocky Valley Reservoir.
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 man-made impacts such as major works on water storages.
2013 Salmonid Stockings – total numbers
Brown Trout | Rainbow Trout | Chinook Salmon | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fry up to 5gs | 1,000 | 4,000 | 5,000 | |
Yearlings 20gs+ | 226,945 | 180,800 | 88,100 | 495,845 |
Advanced Yearling 150gs+ | 58,153 | 58,153 | ||
Ex Brood Stock 1kg+ | 871 | 1,429 | 2.300 | |
Totals | 228,816 | 244,382 | 88,100 | 561,298 |
Month 2013 | Fish size (g) | Brown Trout | Rainbow Trout | Chinook Salmon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aringa Reservoir (Port Fairy) | May | 103 | 450 | ||
May | 57 | 1,000 | |||
Banimboola Lake (Dartmouth) | May | 43 | 5,000 | ||
Aug | 42 | 2,700 | |||
Barkers Creek Reservoir (Harcourt) | July | 37 | 4,500 | ||
Beaufort Lake (Beaufort) | Sept | 41 | 600 | ||
Sept | 116 | 1,000 | |||
Bellfield Reservoir (Halls Gap) | Aug | 63 | 5,700 | ||
Aug | 47 | 4,300 | |||
Aug | 50 | 2,400 | |||
Sept | 108 | 3,000 | |||
Nov | 46 | 19,500 | |||
Blue Rock Lake (Willow Grove) | May | 153 | 2,280 | ||
June | 38 | 6,720 | |||
July | 50 | 3,000 | |||
July | 53 | 5,000 | |||
Bolac Lake (Lake Bolac) | July | 44 | 5,000 | ||
Bostock Reservoir (Ballan) | July | 42 | 2,500 | ||
July | 64 | 2,000 | |||
Aug | 45 | 2,250 | |||
Buffalo Lake (Dandongadale) | June | 41 | 900 | ||
Bullarto Reservoir (Bullarto) | Aug | 44 | 450 | ||
Aug | 41 | 500 | |||
Bullen Merri Lake (Camperdown) | Apr | 80 | 4,375 | ||
Apr | 47 | 8,300 | |||
July | 63 | 5,700 | |||
July | 67.5 | 5,350 | |||
July | 66 | 4,575 | |||
Burrumbeet Lake (Burrumbeet) | May | 77 | 4,500 | ||
July | 44 | 8,000 | |||
Cairn Curran Reservoir (Maldon) | May | 77 | 4,675 | ||
June | 41 | 8,780 | |||
June | 42 | 8,570 | |||
June | 143 | 2,520 | |||
July | 133 | 2,455 | |||
Cartcarrong Lake (Winslow) | May | 103 | 900 | ||
Cosgrave Reservoir (Creswick) | Aug | 44 | 900 | ||
Aug | 41 | 1,000 | |||
Dean Reservoir (Dean) | Aug | 44 | 450 | ||
Aug | 41 | 500 | |||
Deep Lake (Derrinallum) | Oct | 46 | 500 | ||
Oct | 186 | 1,000 | |||
Oct | 53 | 1,000 | |||
Devilbend Reservoir (Moorooduc) | May | 50 | 5,000 | ||
May | 43 | 4,500 | |||
Eildon Lake (Eildon) | July | 49 | 8,500 | ||
Eildon Pondage Weir (Eildon) Family Fishing Water | Mar | 821 | 100 |
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Mar | 885 | 100 | |||
Mar | 845 | 100 | |||
Mar | 971 | 100 | |||
July | 1300 | 199 | |||
Aug | 1500 | 50 | |||
Aug | 1200 | 50 | |||
Sept | 1500 | 200 | |||
Sept | 1400 | 200 | |||
Sept | 525 | 100 | |||
Oct | 1500 | 200 | |||
Oct | 1400 | 100 | |||
Nov | 1600 | 150 | |||
Nov | 1200 | 150 | |||
Dec | 1,600 | 50 | |||
Dec | 1,300 | 75 | |||
Dec | 1,700 | 21 | |||
Dec | 1,800 | 55 | |||
Elingamite Lake (Cobden) | Oct | 45 | 1,000 | ||
Oct | 183 | 1,000 | |||
Oct | 110 | 2,000 | |||
Fyans Lake (Halls Gap) | May | 159 | 600 | ||
May | 132 | 2,000 | |||
Aug | 43 | 2,800 | |||
Aug | 80 | 3,000 | |||
Oct | 128 | 2,500 | |||
Nov | 81 | 500 | |||
Gillear Lake (Allansford) | May | 103 | 900 | ||
May | 57 | 1,000 | |||
Glenmaggie Lake (Glenmaggie) | July | 44 | 2,000 |
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Goldfields Reservoir (Maryborough) | Sept | 43 | 450 | ||
Goulburn River (Eildon to Molesworth) | July | 37 | 9,000 | ||
Green Hill Lake (Ararat) | Sept | 41 | 800 | ||
Sept | 116 | 2,000 | |||
Hamilton Lake (Hamilton) | Aug | 46 | 1,800 | ||
Aug | 51 | 3,000 | |||
Harrietville Dredge Hole (Harrietville) | Nov | 1,500 | 200 | ||
Hepburn Lagoon (Newlyn) | Oct | 118 | 3,050 | ||
Oct | 42 | 2,800 | |||
Nov | 116 | 418 | |||
Nov | 81 | 1,532 | |||
Holland Creek (Tatong) | July | 36 | 900 | ||
Hopkins River (Kent Ford Lane Bridge to the Junction with Mount Emu Creek) | May | 150 | 2,400 | ||
Aug | 149 | 1,200 | |||
Hume Lake (Tallangatta) | Apr | 92 | 3,700 | ||
May | 56 | 6,430 | |||
June | 41 | 5,850 | |||
June | 36 | 10,000 | |||
July | 41 | 9,000 | |||
Aug | 38 | 4,570 | |||
Aug | 43 | 5,000 | |||
Aug | 42 | 2,450 | |||
Jil Jil Lake (Donald) | Sept | 50 | 500 | ||
Konong Wootong Reservoir (Coleraine) | Oct | 45 | 1,000 | ||
Oct | 183 | 1,000 | |||
Lauriston Reservoir (Lauriston) | May | 76 | 4,210 | ||
July | 38 | 2,540 | |||
July | 36 | 3,000 | |||
Lilydale Lake (Lilydale) | June | 39 | 900 | ||
Macalister River (Above Lake Glenmaggie to Junction with the | Aug | 77 | 3,000 | ||
Aug | 51 | 6,000 | |||
Macalister River (Downstream of | July | 38 | 1,800 | ||
Malmsbury Reservoir (Malmsbury) | June | 38 | 3,600 | ||
Merri River (Grassmere to Wollaston) | Aug | 46 | 1,800 | ||
Merri River (Below Weir to Dennington) | May | 133 | 2,700 | ||
Aug | 51 | 2,700 | |||
Moorabool Reservoir (Bolwarrah) | May | 77 | 4,000 | ||
Aug | 45 | 5,000 | |||
Mount Beauty Pondage (Mount Beauty) | Nov | 171 | 800 | ||
Nov | 81 | 1,500 | |||
Mount Emu Creek (Below Castle Carey Bridge to Panmure) | July | 40 | 1,810 | ||
Mount Emu Creek (Skipton to Darlington) | May | 143 | 990 | ||
Moyne River (Rosebrook to Toolong North) | Aug | 46 | 900 | ||
Narracan Lake (Moe) | July | 38 | 6,300 | ||
Oct | 128 | 2,500 | |||
Newlyn Reservoir (Newlyn) | Oct | 42 | 2,000 | ||
Nursery Reservoir (Macedon) | Sept | 43 | 450 | ||
Sept | 50 | 500 | |||
Purrumbete Lake (Camperdown) | Apr | 84 | 3,810 | ||
Apr | 86 | 1,100 | |||
Apr | 47 | 8,300 | |||
July | 63 | 5,700 | |||
July | 67 | 5,370 | |||
July | 71 | 5,070 | |||
July | 67 | 3,950 | |||
Pykes Creek Reservoir (Ballan) | June | 38 | 4,500 | ||
Rocklands Reservoir (Balmoral) | Aug | 44 | 2,500 | ||
Aug | 41 | 2,500 | |||
Rocky Valley Reservoir (Falls Creek) | Nov | 74 | 600 | ||
Ryans Creek (Tatong) | July | 36 | 450 | ||
St. Georges Lake (Creswick) | July | 38 | 900 | ||
July | 50 | 1,000 | |||
Talbot Reservoir (Evansford) | Sept | 43 | 900 | ||
Sept | 50 | 500 | |||
Teddington Bottom Reservoir (Stuart Mill) | Sept | 50 | 1,000 | ||
Teddington Top Reservoir (Stuart Mill) | Sept | 43 | 1,800 | ||
Tooliorook Lake (Lismore) | Oct | 53 | 1,000 | ||
Oct | 40 | 1,800 | |||
Oct | 117 | 2,000 | |||
Oct | 44 | 2,000 | |||
Nov | 46 | 2,000 | |||
Toolondo Reservoir (Toolondo) | Aug | 44 | 2,730 | ||
Aug | 77 | 5,360 | |||
Oct | 48 | 1,200 | |||
Oct | 114 | 2,640 | |||
Oct | 44 | 6,500 | |||
Nov | 169 | 1,770 | |||
Tronoh Dredge Hole (Harrietville) | Dec | 1,000 | 100 | ||
Tullaroop Reservoir (Carisbrook) | May | 97 | 3,400 | ||
May | 43 | 8,150 | |||
July | 46 | 5,850 | |||
Aug | 44 | 7,545 | |||
Upper Coliban Reservoir (Kyneton) | May | 56 | 5,000 | ||
July | 44 | 8,200 | |||
Upper Sandy Creek Dam (Upper Sandy Creek) | June | 41 | 900 | ||
Wallace Lake (Edenhope) | Sept | 1.5 | 1,000 | ||
Sept | 1.0 | 4,000 | |||
Wartook Lake (Halls Gap) | June | 41 | 4,500 |
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Aug | 47 | 5,000 |
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Wendouree Lake (Ballarat) | May | 153 | 2,280 | ||
May | 131 | 2,700 | |||
May | 57 | 5,790 | |||
June | 46 | 4,210 | |||
June | 38 | 4,920 | |||
Wendouree Lake (Ballarat) | Aug | 60 | 3,700 | ||
Aug | 60 | 2,300 | |||
West Barwon Dam (Forrest) | Aug | 42 | 3,000 | ||
Wombat Reservoir (Daylesford) | July | 38 | 900 | ||
July | 50 | 1,000 | |||
Wurdiboluc Reservoir (Winchelsea) | June | 41 | 3,600 |
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Aug | 80 | 4,000 |
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Totals: |
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| 228,816 | 186,229 | 88,100 |
Family Fishing Lakes
The Victorian Fisheries Authority undertakes an annual program of stocking on-grown or advanced yearling rainbow trout into small waters (normally less than 5 hectares surface area) in or adjacent to population centres, with the waters being accessible for juniors and fishers with limited mobility.
The majority of these stockings coincide with the second and third term school holidays when water temperatures are best suited to trout. Rainbow trout are stocked as they are normally bigger than the available brown trout at that time of year and are reputedly easier to catch by inexperienced anglers.
Some Family Fishing lakes are stocked outside of the school holiday period for special events.
Water Stocked | Month 2013 | Fish size (g) | Rainbow Trout |
|---|---|---|---|
Albert Park Lake (Albert Park) | July Sept | 159 191 | 1,000 1,000 |
Alexandra Lake (Ararat) | July Sept | 159 165 | 300 300 |
Allans Flat Dredge Hole (Allans Flat) | June Sept | 153 197 | 350 350 |
Anderson Lake (Chiltern) | Apr Sept | 220 167 | 300 300 |
Arboretum Dam (Euroa) | June Sept | 158 167 | 400 400 |
Bannockburn Lagoon (Bannockburn) | June Sept | 192 194 | 250 250 |
Berwick Springs Estate Lake Berwick) | June Sept | 147 165 | 500 500 |
Calembeen Lake (Creswick) | Apr June Sept | 845 190 167 | 20 200 200 |
Casey Fields Lake (Cranbourne) | June Sept | 155 170 | 500 1,000 |
Cato Lake (Stawell) | July Sept | 159 165 | 300 300 |
Caulfield Racecourse Lake (Caulfield) | Mar Sept | 213 191 | 300 300 |
Cobden Lake (Cobden) | June Sept | 190 197 | 200 200 |
Coleraine Lagoon (Coleraine) | June Sept | 190 195 | 250 250 |
Darlingsford Lake (Melton) | June Sept | 192 200 | 500 500 |
Don Lake (Healesville) | June Sept | 153 165 | 400 400 |
Dunkeld Arboretum (Dunkeld) | June Sept | 190 195 | 200 200 |
Eildon Pondage Weir (Eildon) | June Sept Sept | 158 195 165 | 2,000 300 1,700 |
Emerald Lake (Emerald) | June Sept | 153 165 | 500 500 |
Esmond Lake (Ballarat) | July Sept | 159 165 | 200 2 |
Ess Lagoon (Casterton) | June Sept | 190 195 | 500 500 |
Felltimber Creek Wetlands (Wodonga) | Apr June Sept | 220 158 167 | 110 250 450 |
Foletti Caravan Park Lake (Donald) | June Aug | 166 136 | 400 300 |
Forest Lake (Kangaroo Flat) | June Aug | 166 136 | 200 200 |
Fosters Dam (Glenrowan) | June | 158 | 200 |
Garfield Lake (Garfield) | June Sept | 166 167 | 250 250 |
Glenlyon Dam (Glenlyon) | June Sept | 190 167 | 200 200 |
Goldfields Reservoir (St. Arnaud) | Sept | 200 | 200 |
Golf Course Dam (Longwood) | Sept | 167 | 200 |
Great Western Racing Recreation Reserve Lake (Great Western) | Sept | 165 | 200 |
Guthridge Lake (Sale) | June Sept | 166 167 | 750 750 |
Haddon Reservoir (Haddon) | July Sept | 159 165 | 200 200 |
Hanging Rock Lake (Woodend) | June Sept | 190 195 | 300 300 |
Heyfield Racecourse Lake (Heyfield) | June Sept | 166 167 | 200 200 |
Hyland Lake (Churchill) | June Sept Oct | 166 167 170 | 750 259 991 |
Jack Emmett Lagoon (Rupanyup) | Sept | 200 | 300 |
Jack Roper Reserve Lake (Campbellfield) | June Sept Oct | 182 200 182 | 200 300 300 |
Jubilee Lake (Daylesford) | June Sept | 190 167 | 200 200 |
Jubilee Lake (Skipton) | Sept | 195 | 250 |
Karkarook Lake (Moorabbin) | Mar Apr June Sept Nov Nov | 213 215 155 204 150 182 | 900 100 1,000 1,000 417 583 |
Kennington Reservoir (Strathdale) | June Aug | 166 136 | 500 500 |
Les Stone Park Lake (Wodonga) | June Sept | 158 167 | 100 100 |
Lethbridge Lake (Lethbridge) | June Sept | 192 194 | 250 250 |
Lilydale Lake (Lilydale) | June Sept | 190 165 | 800 800 |
Marma Lake (Murtoa) | Sept | 200 | 300 |
Marysville Lake (Marysville) | June Sept Oct | 153 165 1000 | 450 450 23 |
Minyip Wetlands (Minyip) | Sept | 200 | 300 |
Mooroopna Recreation Reserve Lake (Mooroopna) | June Nov | 192 146 | 100 50 |
Morwell Lake (Morwell) | June Sept Oct | 166 167 170 | 750 259 491 |
Navan Park Lake (Melton) | June Sept Oct | 192 200 180 | 300 300 300 |
Nhill Lake (Nhill) | Sept | 200 | 300 |
Old Hamilton Reservoir (Hamilton) | June Sept | 190 195 | 200 200 |
Pakenham Lake (Pakenham) | June | 147 | 1,000 |
Pertobe Lake (Warrnambool) | June Sept | 190 197 | 300 300 |
Police Paddock Dams (Horsham) | Sept | 200 | 300 |
Quarry Street Reserve Lake (Trentham) | June | 190 | 200 |
Rowville Lakes (Rowville) | July Sept | 159 191 | 550 550 |
Roxburgh Park Lakes (Roxburgh Park) | June Sept | 192 200 | 250 250 |
Sambell Lake (Beechworth) | June Sept | 153 197 | 1,000 500 |
Seagull Lake (Geelong) | June Sept Oct | 192 194 180 | 800 800 600 |
Simpson Recreation Reserve Lakes (Simpson) | June Sept | 190 197 | 200 200 |
Spavin Lake (Sunbury) | June Sept | 192 194 | 400 400 |
St. Augustines Waterhole (Geelong) | June Sept | 192 194 | 500 500 |
Stanley Ditch Dam (Stanley) | June Sept | 158 197 | 500 500 |
Tchum Lake (Birchip) | June Aug | 166 136 | 600 500 |
Tea Tree Lake (Mortlake) | June Sept | 190 197 | 200 200 |
Tom Thumb Lake (Eaglehawk) | June | 166 | 200 |
Upper Sandy Creek Dam (Upper Sandy Creek) | June Sept | 153 197 | 500 500 |
Valley Lake (Keilor) | June | 192 | 100 |
Victoria Lake (Shepparton) | June Aug | 192 136 | 500 500 |
Victoria Lakes (Ballarat) | July Sept | 159 165 | 400 400 |
Yalumba Drive Lake (Wodonga) | June Sept | 158 167 | 100 100 |
Yarrambat Lake (Yarrambat) | June Sept Oct | 182 200 182 | 400 600 600 |
Totals: |
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| 58,153 |
Weight
Brown Trout (kg) | Rainbow Trout (kg) | Chinook salmon (kg) | Total kg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fry up to 5gs | 1.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | |
Yearlings 20gs+ | 13,485 | 10,950 | 3,686 | 28,121 |
Advanced Yearlings 150gs+ | 10,115 | 10,115 | ||
Ex Brood Stock 1Kg+ | 1,161 | 1,529 | 2,690 | |
Total: | 14,647.5 | 22,598 | 3,686 | 40,931.5 |
Transport
Kilometres travelled | Total man days |
|---|---|
88,000 | 230 |
Key
1 | Fry | 1-5g |
2 | Fingerlings | 20gs+ |
3 | Yearlings | 50-100g |
4 | Advanced yearlings | 150g+ |
5 | Broodstock | 1.5kg+ |
6 | Ballarat Fish Hatchery released Brown trout |
Acknowledgements
This summary was developed by John Douglas and Ewan McLean, Fisheries Victoria – Fisheries Management. January 2014.