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Salmonid fish releases 2000

Note Number: FN0153
Published: January 2001

1. Fisheries Victoria Salmonid Stocking Plan

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 or C/ERP data, and anything else that has or might impact on the ongoing 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. VRFish, the Victorian Recreational Fishing Peak Body, represents recreational anglers at these meetings.

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.  Amendments are agreed to by DNRE Regional staff and VRFish before implementation.

Extended fish supply contract negotiations and low lake levels resulted in a delayed start to the fish release program.    Some scheduled releases were cancelled and others modified.

While part of the overall Salmonid Stocking Plan, the ‘Small Waters Stocking Program’ is reported separately.  Dry conditions also impacted on this stocking plan.

1.1 Brown Trout & Rainbow Trout

Water Stocked Month Fish
Size		 Brown
Trout		 Rainb.
Trout
Albert Park L., Albert Park 9 10+ - 1 593
Aringa Res., Port Fairy 12 9-10 500 1 000
Barwon R., Ceres 12 8 *3 000 -
Batyo Catyo L., Donald U/S


Beaufort L., Beaufort 11 8 1 000 -
Berwick Springs Estate



     L., Berwick (a) 10-11 10+ - 2 000
Blue Rock L., Willow Grove 10-12 9-10 10 000 -
(See also ‘Part 2 - Client Group Stocking Programs’)
Bolac L., Lake Bolac 10-12 9-10+ 10 000 10 000
Bostock Res., Ballan 12 9 3 000 -
Bullarto Res., Bullarto 7 10 1 000 -
Bullen Merri L., Camperdown 10-12 8-10+ - 15 000
Cairn Curran Res., Maldon 10-11 8-9 *18 000 -
Cartcarrong L, Winslow 12 9 1 000 -
Colbrook Res., Ballan 12 8 200 -
Colongulac L., Camperdown U/S


Cosgrove Res., Creswick 12 8 1 000 -
Dean Res., Dean 12 8 500 -
Deep L., Derrinallum U/S


Dock L., Horsham U/S


Eildon L., Eildon 10-11 8 *31 000 -
(See also ‘Part 2 - Client Group Stocking Programs’)
Eildon Pondage, Eildon 1, 7-12 5-10+ *8 000 -

1-5 R2YO *3 000 600

1,11-12 2YO 890 875



(*375) (*375)

1, 10-12 3YO 275 275



(*75) (*75)
Elingamite L., Cobden 9 8-9 2 000 500
Fyans L., Pomonal 9-10 10-10+ *5 400 *5 400
Gillear L., Allansford 12 9-10 1 000 1 000
Glenmaggie L., Heyfield 11 9 *2 000 -
Goldfields Res., Maryborough U/S


Gong Gong Res., Ballarat 10-12 9-10 2 500 2 500
Greenhill L., Ararat U/S


Hamilton L., Hamilton 9 11 3 000 -
Hanging Rock L., Hanging Rock U/S


Harcourt Res., Harcourt Nth. 10 10 - 5 000
Hepburn Lagoon, Blampied 10-12 9-10+ *4 500 *4 500

12 2-3 5 000 5 000
Hollands Cr., Tatong 10 9 *1 000 -
Hopkins R., Allansford 9 10 *2 000 -
Hume Res., Wodonga N/S


(See also ‘Part 2 - Client Group Stocking Programs’)
Jil Jil L., Donald 9 10+ - 784
Konongwootong Res., Coleraine 11 9-10+ 1 500 1 500
Lang Lang R., Lang Lang (b) 11 9 *3 200 -
Lauriston Res., Kyneton 6 9 7 500 -
Learmonth L., Learmonth U/S


Lillydale L., Lilydale 9-11 10+ - 2 000
Macalister R., Heyfield:



- above Lake Glenmaggie 11-12 8-10 *5 000 7,000
- below Lake Glenmaggie 11 9 *2 000 -
Malmsbury Res., Malmsbury 10 9 *6 750 -

12 2 7 500 -
Merri R., Warrnambool:



- below Weir 10 9 *6 000 -
- above Weir 12 8 *1 300 -
Modewarre L., Mt. Moriac 11 9-10+ *4 500 *3 545
Moorabool Res., Bolwarrah 11-12 9 6 000 -
Mount Beauty Pondage 12 9-10 *1 000 *1 000
Mount Emu Cr.



- Below Castlecarey 12 8 *2 000 -
- Skipton 12 8 *300 -
Murdeduke L., Winchelsea 11 10+ - *9 000
Narracan L., Yallourn 12 9 10 000 -
Natimuk L., Natimuk U/S


Newlyn Res., Newlyn 11-12 8-9 *3 600 -

12 2 4 000 -
Nursery Res., Macedon U/S


Purrumbete L., Camperdown 8-12 9-10+ *15 000 *5 000
(See also ‘Part 2 - Client Group Stocking Programs’)
Rocklands Res., Balmoral 12 9 10 000 -
Ryans Cr., Molyullah 10 10 *500 -
Sugarloaf Res., Christmas Hills N


Talbot Res., Talbot U/S


Teddington Res’s., Stuart Mill: U/S


Tooliorook L., Lismore 11-12 9-10 5 000 1 000
Toolondo Res., Toolondo 10 8-10 *18 000 -
Upper Coliban Res., Kyneton 11 9 7 500 -
Wallace L., Edenhope 11 8 1 000 2 225
Wartook L., Halls Gap 11-12 8-10 7 000 -
Wendouree L., Ballarat 8-12 8-10+ *6 000 *10 148
West Barwon Dam, Forrest 11 10 - 1 000
Wombat Res., Daylesford 11 9-10 1 000 1 000
Wurdi Boluc Res., Wurdiboluc 11 9-10 2 000 2 000
Sub-Total

265 915 102 445

1.2 Chinook salmon

Water Stocked Month Fish
Size		 Chinook
Salmon
Purrumbete L., Camperdown 11 9 2 500
Sub Total

2 500

1.3 Atlantic Salmon

Water Stocked Month Fish
Size		 Atlantic
Salmon
Bullen Merri L., Camperdown 5 5 5 300
Sub Total

5 300

1.4 Small Waters Stocking Program

Fisheries Victoria undertakes an annual program of stock-ing ongrown or advanced yearling trout in small waters (normally less than 5 hectares sur-face area) in, or adjacent to, population centres, the waters being accessible and safe for both junior and disabled anglers.

School holiday periods are usually targeted for these re-leases, with the majority of the releases being made to coincide with the second and third semester holidays when water temperatures are best suited to trout.  In most instances 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. 

Water Stocked Month Fish
Size		 Brown
Trout		 Rainb.
Trout
Anderson L., Chiltern 9 10+ - 400
Arboretum L., Euroa 9 10+ - 200
Bartlett L., Tatura 9 10+ - 200
Cato L., Stawell U/S


Caulfield Racecourse L. 9 10+ - 200
Charlie’s Dam, Bairnsdale 9 10+ - 300
Cobden L., Cobden U/S


Condolucci’s Dam, Korumburra U/S


Donald Caravan Park L. U/S


Dunmunkle Cr., Rupanyup 9 10+ - 100
Emerald L., Emerald 9 10+ - 400
Fosters Dam, Glenrowan U/S


Gutheridge L., Sale 9 10+ - 765
Heyfield Wetlands, Maffra 11 10 - 550
Hyland L., Churchill 9 10+ - 500
Jack Roper Reserve L.,



     Broadmeadows 9 10+ - 500
Jubilee L., Daylesford 9 10+ - 100
Kennington Res., Bendigo 9 10+ - 300
Kerford L., Beechworth 9 10+ - 400
King L., Rutherglen U/S


Lismore Golf Club



     Dam, Lismore U/S


Marysville Dam, Marysville 9 10+ - 200
Morwell L., Morwell 9-12 10-10+ - 1 000
Neanger L., Eaglehawk U/S


Police Paddock Dam, Horsham 9 10+ - 400
Rable Park L., Murtoa 9 10+ - 200
Rawson Dam, Rawson 9 10+ - 300
Rotary Park L., Bendigo 7 10+ - 200
Rowville Lakes, Knox 9-11 10-10+ - 800
Roxburgh Park Lakes 9 10+ - 200
St. Georges L., Creswick 9 10+ - 200
Seagull L., Corio 9 10+ - 300
Tea Tree L., Mortlake 9 10+ - 200
Tom Thumb L., Eaglehawk 9 10+ - 100
Trudy’s Dam, Bairnsdale 9 10+ - 300
Victoria L., Ballarat 9 10+ - 200
Watonga Drive Dam, Horsham 9 10+ - 300
Weeroona L., Bendigo U/S


Whittlesea Botanical



     Gardens L., Whittlesea 10 10+ - 200
Sub Total


10 015

2. Client Group Stocking Programs

The Department has entered into a joint program with Trout Services Victoria and the FutureFish Foundation of salmonid fry/fingerling releases in selected waters.  The aim is to determine the return to anglers from small fish stocked in large numbers compared with returns to anglers from stocking yearling fish, the Department's normal practice. 

Fry/fingerling trout are unmarked.  Finclipping is not an option because of the size of fish and the trauma of clipping during the warmer months of the year.

Other client group releases authorized by the Department for which fish release details have been confirmed are also listed.  Authorized stockings 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.

Water Stocked Month Fish
Size		 Brown
Trout		 Rainb.
Trout
Blue Rock L., Willow Grove(c) FF 3 3 5 000 -
Cudgewa Cr., Cudgewa FF 1 2 10 000 -
Eildon L., Eildon FF 11 3 - 200 852
Hume Res., Wodonga FF 1 3 30 000 -
Purrumbete L., Camperdown FF 9 3 - 100 000
Tullaroop R., Maryborough TSV 2 50 000 25 000
Sub Total

95 000 325 852

3. Total Releases - Numbers

AS BT RT CS TOTAL
3.1 Fisheries Victoria (Parts 1.1 to 1.4 above)
Fingerling - 16 500 5 000 - 21 500
Yearling




- clipped - *150 050 *38 593 - *188 643
- unclipped 5 300 95 200 67 117 2 500 170 117
All yearling 5 300 245 250 105 710 2 500 358 760
% clipped - 61.2 36.5 - 52.6
Rising 2YO - *3000 *600 - *3 600
2YO - 890 875 - 1 765


(*375) (*375)
(*750)
3YO - 275 275 - 550


(*75) (*75)   (*150)
Sub-Total 5 300 265 915 112 460 2 500 386 175
% clipped - 57.7 35.2 - 50.0

3.2 Client Group Stockings (Part 2 above)
Fingerling - 95 000 325 852 - -
Sub Total - 95 000 325 852 - 420 852

3.3 All Salmonid Stockings (Departmental & client group)
All Fish 5 300 360 915 438 312 2 500 807 027

4. Total Releases - Weight (kg)


 AS BT RT CS TOTAL
4.1   Fisheries Victoria (Parts 1.1 to 1.4 above)
Fingerling - 16.1 16.75 - 32.85
Yearling 78.5 26 389 20 933.1 288 47 688.6
Rising 2YO - 822 168 - 990
2YO - 597 803 - 1 400
3YO - 745 650 - 1 395

78.5 28 569.1 22 570.85 288 51 506.45

4.2   Client Groups (Part 2 above)@
Fingerling - 124 633.3 - 757.3

5. Fish Release Sizes (FV Programs only)

Size Fish
Length
Range
(mm)		 Fish
Weight
Range
(g. per fish)		 % of
AS		 % of
BT		 % of
RT		 % of
CS
Fingerling/Yearling:
1 to 25 to 0.2 - - - -
2 26 - 50 0.3 - 1.5 - <1 - -
3 51 - 75 1.6 - 5 - - <1 -
4 76 - 100 5.1 - 12 - - - -
5 101 - 125 12.1 - 23 100 - - -
6 126 - 150 24 - 40 - - - -
7 151 - 175 41 - 62 - - - -
8 176 - 200 63 - 91 - 19.4 3.1 100
9 201 - 225 92 - 133 - 61.1 - -
10 226 - 250 134 - 188 - 18.4 29.0 -
10+ 250+ 189+ - - 67.7 -
Average fish weights 2000 (Fisheries Victoria Programs):
Yearlings:   Brown trout 107.6g
Rainbow trout 198.1g
Chinook salmon 115.2g
R2YO Ranged in individual fish weight between 242g and 300g; average weight was 275g.
2YO Ranged in individual fish weight between 576g to 1 296g; average weight was 793g.
3YO Ranged in individual fish weight between 2 040g to 3 000g; average weight was 2 072g.

6. Transport

Man Days 229
Liberation vehicles 91 906 km

7. Notes

* Indicates fin-clipped fish were released.  Where fin-clipped fish were only part of the stocking, the number of marked fish is shown in brackets. Left Ventral fin (LV) was the standard clip for 2000.  The angler volunteer finclip program FINCLIP 2000 clipped nearly 190 000 fish.
& Includes assistance with client group releases, with the exception of the FutureFish release of rainbow trout fingerlings into Purrumbete L.
@ Data incomplete - no weight available for FutureFish release of 100 000 RT fingerling into Purrumbete L.
(a) Includes release of 752 fish diverted from stock-ing of Albert Park L.
AS Atlantic salmon.
(b) Additional 200 fish diverted from unsuitable Condolucci’s Dam (Small Waters Stocking Plan).
BT Brown trout.
(c) Original, approved target water was Glenmaggie Lake.  Water conditions unsuitable for salmonid release, fish diverted to Blue Rock Lake. 
CS Chinook salmon
Month The date of release in months (i.e. 4 = April, 10 = October).  Where the total allocation was re-leased over several months, the first and last months of releases are usually shown.
FF FutureFish Foundation.
TSV Trout Services Victoria.
N Stocking cancelled at request of Melbourne Water.
N/S Not stocked
RT Rainbow trout.
U/S Water conditions unsuitable for stocking.
R2YO Rising two-year-old fish
2YO Two-year-old fish.
3YO Three-year-old fish.

Acknowledgements

Published by Marc Ainsworth