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Atlantic salmon the hard way

Atlantic salmon the hard way

Scott McDonald
The first Atlantic salmon eggs used to begin Tasmania's Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry were introduced into Tasmania in 1984. From these humble beginnings a valuable Tasmanian industry has evolved with a worldwide reputation for having a premium disease free product. This industry provides a spin off to all anglers in the form of regular escapes of salmon from the farms.

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Marine Science Special Podcast

Deep sea climate change, enviro bags, over-fishing
It's a Marine Science Special! Professor Emma Johnson joins Dr Karl and Zan Rowe to help answer your ocean-based science questions.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/drkarl/scienceontriplej/

Category: Saltwater and Estuary Fishing
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bream-in-netShould recreational nets be banned?

An opinion piece with Mike Stevens
Many Tasmanian fishermen remember how easy it was to catch a feed of fish back in the day. Parents cherished teaching their children how to fish and took pride in Tasmania’s fisheries. But things have changed, and our fisheries just aren’t what they used to be. Bag limits are tightening and size restrictions are getting stricter. Phasing out recreational gillnets need to be part of this effort to bring our fish back because they simply don’t allow the ‘limit your catch, don’t catch your limit’ approach required to look after our fish stocks in today’s times. 
Fishing favourites Bastard Trumpeter, Blue Warehou and Banded Morwong, are all at historic lows and are vulnerable to gillnetting. Over one third of all fish caught using gillnets is thrown away – wasted. In the case of Banded Morwong and some sharks, around 90% are discarded. These are fish that need to be growing into breeders. 

Category: Saltwater and Estuary Fishing
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Two young Tasmanian brothers each catch 112 and 119kg  tuna

Read it at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-14/two-tasmanian-brothers-land-potential-record-breaking-tunas/6699376

Category: Tuna Fishing and other Game Fishing
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Stop The Trawler Rally September 5, 2015

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Category: Super Trawler
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This week!

Still some nice nice bluefin on the East Coast at St Helens.

Mike Stevens

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Category: Tuna Fishing and other Game Fishing
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Tas Outdoor Show

Please find attached a copy of our advert for this years Tas Outdoor Show.

Kindest regards,

Julie Binder

Category: Events
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Cast Off With Up To $2300 Of Free Rigging With Yamaha F30-F150 Outboards

Yamaha Motor Australia is excited to announce the release of a new promotion offering customers up to $2300 worth of free rigging on F30 to F150 four-stroke outboards. This is the perfect opportunity to secure the complete Yamaha package and start enjoying the great Australian boating lifestyle with friends and family this summer.
Yamaha Outboards are renowned for their innovation, performance and reliability including Yamaha’s recent addition of the class leading F130A four-stroke model - one of the most highly anticipated motors to hit the Australian market in years, completes a quality line-up of four-stroke outboards.

Category: Commercial Interests
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first-saturday-bGreat success Saturday!

After rising at 6:00 am to go for a morning fish, all I could hear was wind and rain, but that didn’t stop me from going. I left at 7:00 am and walked to the lake. There was weed on top of the lake everywhere so it was making it hard to get casts in without getting weed on the lure. I fished for 2 hours more without a hit so I decided to head home for a warm up and some breakfast. But I wasn’t going to give up, so at 1:30 pm Samuel and I went for a fish at one of our favourite spots.

Time was going by with only seeing 1 fish and no hook ups, I was starting to doubt if I was going to get any until I saw a little shadow behind my lure. Next I felt a little tap so I striked and hooked a little brown 1.5 pound and 40cm long. I was happy because it was the first trout for the season.

Category: Trout Fishing
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lake-leake-2015-08-09-cLake Leake Report 9/8/2015

Connor caught this cracking 7.15pound 680mm Brown Trout from Lake Leake today.
Biggest I have seen from the lake in a very long time!
Thought you might like the pictures!

Cheers
Samuel

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Category: Lake Leake
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AAT-CamerasAnglers Alliance Tasmania Webcams

See the weather conditions at ten fishing locations on one page.
Anglers Alliance Tasmania now has ten cameras operating around Tasmania. You can check them out at anglersalliance.org.au and go to individual webcam pages or see them all on one screen. Run your mouse across each image to see a timeline for the day from sunrise to current time.
Just recently there were deer grazing at Penstock Lagoon in front of the camera.
http://anglersalliance.org.au/tasmanian-lakes-rivers-webcams/

Anglers Alliance Tasmania - Working for your trout fishery

Category: IFS, DPIPWE, MAST and Peak Bodies
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Hello everyone, I thought it would be a good time to introduce myself.
My name is Stephen Smith and I have been managing the website tasfish.com since May 2009.
It has been an epic journey of learning and discovery and I am indebted to Mike Stevens for his help, support and patience.
I am developing a new venture Rubicon Web and Technology Training ( www.rwtt.com.au ). The focus is two part, to develop websites for individuals and small business and to train people to effectively use technology in their everyday lives.

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From the Archives ... (last chance)

Sea Run Trout

Mid Sea-Run Season Report


Sea-run trout fishing this year got off to a cracking start in most areas, with the majority of anglers employing nearly every trout fishing technique to secure fish in local estuaries statewide.
Even those anglers fishing the "off-season" lower down in our estuaries for sea-trout commented on the number of fish moving in early August.

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