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Native fish releases 2001/2002 | FN0156 |
Marc Ainsworth, East Melbourne
September 2002 |  |
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1. Departmental Stocking Program
The Department’s native fish stocking program is designed to enhance native fish populations or establish new populations. Fish releases have two objectives: conservation and the provision of recreational fishing opportunities. In the case of trout cod the immediate aim is to ensure survival of this endangered species.
Stocking Plans are developed annually as part of the man-agement consultation process between Fisheries Victoria and DNRE Regional staff. The meetings consider in detail the performance of existing stocking programs, the results of stock assessment surveys, creel survey data, and anything else that has or might impact on the fishery e.g. environmental conditions, water levels. Requests by client groups for changes to current stocking programs and the implementation of new stocking pro-grams are considered annually. VRFish, the Victorian Recreational Fishing Peak Body, represents recreational anglers at these meetings.
The list of waters identified as suitable or having potential for recreational fisheries based on native fish is lengthy and the demand for fish currently exceeds supply. Stocking Plans are subject to ‘last minute’ variation due to natural factors e.g. flood, drought, or man-made im-pacts such as excessive algal blooms, major works on storages, etc. Explanatory notes are provided where a planned release has been amended. DNRE Regional staff and VRFish agree to amendments before implementation.
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Year | (z) Fish
Size | Aust.
bass | Estuary
perch | Golden
perch | Murray
cod | Silver
perch | Trout
cod |
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| 2/02 | 1.3 | - | - | - | 5,000 | - | - |
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| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 10,000 | - | - | - |
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| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 10 000 | - | - | - |
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| 5/02 | 1.3 | - | - | 8 000 | - | - | - |
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| 7/02 | 220 | - | - | - | 25(f) | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 0.6 | - | - | 10 000 | - | - | - |
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| 11/01 | 1.0 | 10 000 | - | - | - | - | - |
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| 2/02 | 0.6 | - | - | (b) 30 000 | - | - | - |
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| 1/02 | 1.2 | - | - | - | 19 000 | - | - |
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| 2/02 | 0.6 | - | - | 45 000 | - | - | - |
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| 7/02 | 220 | - | - | - | 25(f) | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 1.0 | - | - | 5 000 | - | - | - |
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| 2/02 | 1.2 | - | - | - | 7 500 | - | - |
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| 2/02 | 0.9 | - | - | - | 13 000 | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 1.0 | - | - | 15 000 | - | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 10,000 | - |
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| 1-3/02 | 1.0 | - | - | - | 45 800 | - | - |
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| 3-4/02 | 1.0 | - | - | 193 000 | - | - | - |
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| 1/02 | 1.0 | - | - | - | 20 000 | - | - |
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| 4-5/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 70 000 | - | - | - |
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| Month/
Year | (z) Fish
Size | Aust.
bass | Estuary
perch | Golden
perch | Murray
cod | Silver
perch | Trout
cod |
Expedition Pass Reservoir
| 3/02 | 0.6 | - | - | - | 250 | - | - |
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| 4/01 | 0.4 | - | - | 1 000 | - | - | - |
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| 3/02 | 0.5 | 12 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 0.6 | - | - | 2 000 | - | - | - |
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| 1-4/02 | 1.0 | - | - | - | 60 000 | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 236 | - | - | - | 2 500 (e) | - | - |
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| 2/02 | 0.6 | - | - | - | 15 000 | - | - |
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| 3/02 | 8.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 0.6 | - | - | 500 | - | - | - |
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| 2-4/02 | 1.6 | - | - | - | 47 750 | - | - |
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| 05/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 2 000 | - | - | - |
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| 1/02 | 1.2 | - | - | - | 15 000 | | |
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| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 500 | - | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 0.6 | - | - | 5 000 | - | - | - |
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| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 2 000 | - | - | - |
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| 2/02 | 0.6 | - | - | - | 10 000 | - | - |
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| 7/02 | 220 | - | - | - | 25 (f) | - | - |
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| 2/02 | 0.5 | - | - | - | 12 500 | - | - |
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| 2/02 | 0.5 | - | - | 52 500 | - | - | - |
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| 3/02 | 198 | - | - | - | 1 000 (e) | - | - |
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| 3/02 | 1.0 | - | - | - | 7 825 | - | - |
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| 7/02 | 220 | - | - | - | 25(f) | - | - |
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| 12/01 | 1.0 | - | - | - | 20 000 | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 1.0 | - | - | 20 000 | - | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 0.6 | - | - | 15 000 | - | - | - |
Ovens River (Below Wangaratta)
| 1/02 | 0.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 000 |
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| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 5 000 | - | - | - |
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| 5/02 | 1.1 | - | - | 2 500 | - | - | - |
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| 5/02 | 1.1 | - | - | 2 500 | - | - | - |
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| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 3 000 | - | - | - |
Sumsion Gardens L. (Wodonga)
| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 500 | - | - | - |
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| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 13 000 | - | - | - |
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| 2/02 | 1.3 | - | - | - | 10 000 | - | - |
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| 4/02 | 0.6 | - | - | 5 000 | - | - | - |
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Victoria Lake (Shepparton)
| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 1 000 | - | - | - |
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| 3/02 | 0.5 | - | - | - | 20 000 | - | - |
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| 4-5/02 | 0.6 | - | - | 37 000 | - | - |
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| 5/02 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 10 000 | - |
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| 22,450 | 0 | 566,000 | 332,425 | 20,000 | 30,000 |
2. Authorised client group fish releases
The Department authorises fish releases by client groups. The stockings may complement the Department’s program, or may be waters for which the Department is unable to provide fish. Requests by client groups are considered in the consultation process described in Part 1. above. Approved proposals must conform to the requirements of the Department’s Policy Statement on Stocking Native Fish. Releases authorised by the Department for which fish stocking details have been confirmed are listed below. Authorised releases for which no stocking report has been received will be listed at some future date when the required information is available.
NOTE: Under Section 530 of the Fisheries Regulations 1998, it is an offence to stock fish into any Victorian water, both pub-lic and private, without the written per-mission of the Director, Fisheries Victoria. Penalty: up to $2 000.
Client Group Releases
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Year | (z) Fish size | Aust. Bass | Golden perch | Murray cod |
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Yackandandah Angling Club (t)
| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | 1 000 | - |
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FutureFish Foundation (t)
| 2/02 | 1.3 | - | - | 5 000 |
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Tungamah Angling Club (t)
| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | 2 000 | - |
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FutureFish Foundation (t)
| 11/01 | 1.0 | 15 000 | - | - |
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FutureFish Foundation (t)
| 2/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 2 500 |
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FutureFish Foundation (t)
| 2/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 2 500 |
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Goulburn Valley Sportfis. Ass. (t)
| 5/02 | 1.2 | - | 1 000 | - |
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FutureFish Foundation (t)
| 1/02 | 1.0 | - | - | 20 000 |
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FutureFish Foundation (t)
| 1/02 | 1.0 | - | - | 20 000 |
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| 5/02 | n/a | - | 300 | - |
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| 3/02 | 1.1 | - | - | 32 500 |
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Goulburn Valley Sportfish. Assoc. (t)
| 5/02 | 1.1 | - | 1 500 | - |
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FutureFish Foundation (t)
| 1/02 | 1.2 | - | - | 5 000 |
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FutureFish Foundation (t)
| 12/01 | 1.0 | - | - | 10 000 |
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| 4/02 | n/a | - | 110 000 | - |
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FutureFish Foundation (t)
| 2/02 | 1.3 | - | - | 4 300 |
Total Client Group Releases
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| 15,000 | 115,800 | 101,800 |
3. Total releases
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| Aust.
bass | Estuary
perch | Golden
perch | Murray
cod | Silver
perch | Trout
cod | Total |
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| 22,450 | 0 | 566,000 | 332,425 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 970,875 |
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| 15,000 | 0 | 115,800 | 101,800 | 0 | 0 | 232,600 |
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| 37,450 | 0 | 681,800 | 434,225 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 1,203,475 |
4. Notes
(a) |
Scheduled release of golden perch cancelled due to very restricted recreational fishing access to the lake.
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(b) |
Target figure of 50 000 golden perch not met due to shortage of fish.
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(c) |
Scheduled allocation not stocked due to shortage of golden perch.
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(d) |
No estuary perch available for stocking in 2002.
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(e) |
Dart tagged yearling Murray cod.
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(f) |
Yearling Murray cod stocked as part of NAIDOC Week.
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(p) |
Fish purchased by client groups as part as part of the Department’s “piggy back” program enabling advantage to be taken of bulk purchase rates ie. more fish for the dollar.
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(t) |
Fish transport provided by Fisheries Victoria.
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(z) |
Average weight of released fish, measured in grams.
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U/S |
Water conditions were unsuitable for fish stocking.
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The month and year of fish release is expressed as 00/00. The first two digits are the month ie. 3 = March, 12 = December, the second two digits show the year 01 = 2001, 02 = 2002.
This publication may be of assistance to you but the State of Victoria and its officers do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication.
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