Arrived and available here. Some interesting items this month:

• Tuross fishing community celebrates new jetty and pontoon. The floating pontoon will make life easier – we can check it out on our Saltwater event.
• Controversial floodplain harvesting approved by NSW Environment Minister.
• RFA to appear at “Commencement of the Fisheries Management Amendment Act 2009 Inquiry” – particular interest in cultural fishing issue.
• New Eurobodalla reef bringing the baitfish and the kingies – offshore 3.5km northeast of Moruya Heads.
• RAP report shines spotlight on mulloway

Download here.

Key points:

• Gone Fishing Day. Sun 9 Oct. Clubs can apply for a package of rods etc. Also grant $ can be bid for.
• 5.3 million fish stocked in past year
• NSWCFA Interclub Fly and Lure Fishing Meet 2023. 17-19 Mar 2023 at Glenbawn Dam.
• Next quarterly general meeting and the AGM of the NSWCFA will be on Saturday 20 August at 10.00 am via Zoom. Contact Bill if you would like to join in
• Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Management update – report is available here. Quite disappointing results to date to reduce numbers in accordance with the plan.
• Major floods on inland rivers
• Irrigation pump fish screens in the Northern Basin

Arrived. Available here.

Key freshwater topics covered in NSWCFA Jul Newsletter. Some south coast saltwater items

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Top items

• NSWCFA Interclub Fly and Lure Fishing Meet 2023 – Glenbawn Dam 17-19 Mar 2023
• Changes coming to Antiquarian Angler – a specialist fishing bookshop.
• Maccas in the Georges River – spotted via DNA in the water
• US trout conservation group Trout Unlimited has challenged US car makers to show something better than 4WDs and trucks charging through and destroying streams.
• Applications are invited for appointment to the Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel for Kosciuszko National Park.
• Winburndale trout relocation. Trout being relocated from closed waters to angler accessible to give Macquarie Perch stockings a go.

I’ve got some news from MAS that will interest folk.

MAS has become aware of unconfirmed reports of native trout cod being stocked in the Goodradigbee River.

Information was obtained from the Threatened Species Unit of DPI via the recreational angling contact in DPI Fisheries,  Jim Harnwell. They advised that trout cod were stocked in the Goodradigbee River on two occasions.  The first stocking was on 2/12/2020 and consisted of 16,000 fingerlings.  The second occurred on 3/12/2021 and consisted of 20,000 fingerlings.  The fingerling size for both stockings was approx. 40mm.  It appears that both stockings took place below the Brindabella Bridge in a number of locations.

Also it appears that trout cod have also been stocked in the Upper Murrumbidgee River and Upper Murray River.  These were done about 7 to 10 years ago  – for the Murrumbidgee they were all stocked below Tantangara Dam.

This raises a number of questions for the MAS.  President, Steve Samuels, has expressed to DPI disappointment that the MAS was not advised by the Threatened Species Unit of these stockings.  He indicated that recreational anglers could be placed in a compromising position if they caught a trout cod and kept it, believing it to be a murray cod.

The TSU has given an undertaking to improve their internal communication with the Rec Fish Manager to ensure we do not have these surprises or anglers are not compromised.

Available here. Top issues:

• Advanced trout stocked in Snowy Lakes
• Murray Crayfish season now open
• After the Federal election…
• Recreational Fishing and Camping Facilities Program
• Maccas in the Georges River
• NSW CFA May Quarterly General Meeting
• The next quarterly general meeting and the AGM of the NSWCFA will be on Saturday 20 August at 10.00 am via Zoom

Available now here

Mainly saltwater except reference to DPI’s survey of recreational fishing in NSW 2019/20 report …. a bit old news?

Peter spotted this opportunity to listen on to what looks like an interesting webinar.

Saturday 21 May is World Fish Migration Day, which aims to create awareness about the importance of migratory fish and free-flowing rivers.

Within Australia’s great Murray-Darling Basin, native fish populations are currently estimated to be about 10% of pre-European settlement. One such species is the endangered Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica).

Join Bush Heritage Australia’s Lis McClellan as we showcase the work of an exciting project using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) remote sensing and drone surveys to assess natural barriers to assist with environmental flow planning for Macquarie perch spawning migrations in the upper Murrumbidgee River.

All the information and registration link is available here.

May Newsletter has arrived. Key points not covered by forthcoming Burley Line:

• Respected fish researcher Richard Tilsey has died.
• Lake Lyell pumped hydro project plans – potential impact on recreational angling. Another Snowy Hydro 2.0?
• World Recreational Fishing ConferenceWorld Recreational Fishing Conference, 19-23 Feb 2023, Melbourne
• Trout Allocation Committee meeting

available here. From my perspective, the key one is a discussion about Animal Welfare machinations in NSW Parliament.