More salmon stocked at Craigbourne Dam and Meadowbank Lake IFS News 3/11/2012

More salmon stocked at Craigbourne Dam and Meadowbank Lake

 
 

Craigbourne Dam and Meadowbank Lake have had over 1200 salmon stocked into each during the last month. The IFS stocked another 600 Atlantic salmon into Craigbourne Dam and Meadowbank Lake. The fish were donated by Tassal and average 2.5 kilograms.

Anglers are reminded that there is bag limit of five fish with no more than two over 600 mm in length.

If boating wear your PFDs and obey the speed limits

 
 
If boating wear your PFDs and obey the speed limits

Please wear your PFDs while boating and obey speed limits!

Inland Fisheries Service compliance officers are noting an increasing trend of anglers failing to wear personal floatation devices (PFDs) or life jackets as they were once called. It seems the deaths from drowning by anglers not wearing PFDs that occurred in the late 1990s and early 2000s have been forgotten. Not only is it illegal to not wear a PFD in a boat under six meters whilst under power, it is also dangerous.

Speeding boats on our inland waters are also illegal, dangerous and very annoying for anglers on and around the water.

This weekend IFS compliance officers will be patrolling several waters of the Central Highlands this weekend on the lookout for those flaunting these laws. Failure to comply with boating regulations could result in an unwelcome fine for some anglers.

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