DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Fishtrack
Exploring the secret lives of Victoria’s premier fisheries species
| Why track fish? Determining where, when and why fish move is critical in understanding the distribution and availability of fish for fishing, and forms a basis for the sustainable management of fisheries. How do we track the movements of fish? Until recently, the movements of fish have been investigated using conventional tags and catch/release fishing. Which species of fish are being tracked in Victoria? Scientists from the Department of Sustainability and Environment are currently tracking the movements of black bream and dusky flathead in the Gippsland Lakes, and black bream in the Yarra/Maribyrnong estuaries. |  | Video clip shows Black Bream swimming in an area of woody debris in the Gippsland Lakes |
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What's New
New project - Tracking the movement of black bream in the Yarra and Maribyrnong estuaries
What to do if you catch a tagged fish?
All fish implanted with an acoustic transmitter have also been tagged with an external tag.
| Contact: Dr Jeremy S. Hindell Senior Estuarine Ecologist Arthur Rylah Institute (external link) Department of Sustainability and Environment PO Box 137 Heidelberg, MELBOURNE, 3084 Phone: 61 3 9450 8600 Fax: 61 3 9450 8799 Mob: 0408 103 601 Email: jeremy.s.hindell@dse.vic.gov.au |  Close up of tagged fish |
Acknowledgements
Assistance with fish tracking projects and pictures used in this site supplied by.
- Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Canberra (external link)
- Brett Geddes
- Jeremy Hindell, Department of Primary Industries, Queenscliff
- Shimano Fishing Products (external link)
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This document was last reviewed on 07/07/2008.