Record fish stocking of 6 million

In April 2018, Minister Pulford announced that more than 6 million fish had been stocked over the previous 12 months.

That's 1 million more fish than the Target One Million commitment of 5 million!

Several fish stocking records tumbled in delivering this including:

  • Record numbers of  Murray cod grown at our Snobs Creek hatchery
  • Record numbers of Murray cod stocked overall (grown by us and purchased from other hatcheries)
  • Record numbers of golden perch, Australian bass and silver perch released.

The 6 million fish were released into more than 200 waters and consisted of:

 

Species

Number

Salmonids

Brown trout

626,865


Rainbow trout

543,169


Brook trout

3,270


Chinook salmon

29,715

Native fish

Murray cod

1,629,855


Golden perch

2,515,981


Australian bass

474,000


Silver perch

235,000


Macquarie perch

17,500


Estuary perch

7,000


Trout cod

3,500

Total

All species

6,086,355

The full list of trout and salmon stockings and where they went can be found at https://vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-fishing/fish-stocking/fish-stocking-reporting/salmonid-fish-releases/salmonid-fish-releases-2017

The full list of native fish stockings is at www.vfa.vic.gov.au/nativestocking2018