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LOWDOWN ON FLATHEAD
Want to know some of the Flathead trends over the past 30 years? There aren’t many datasets around where you can look over that timescale. We have looked at Suntag data in South East and Central Queensland to see what changes have occurred to Flathead tagging over that time with some interesting results, particularly in relation for movement. Download the
DUSKY FLATHEAD SOUTH EAST AND CENTRAL QUEENSLAND 1985‐2014
DUSKY FLATHEAD SOUTH EAST AND CENTRAL QUEENSLAND 1985‐2014 This report has been prepared by Infofish Australia for the Australian National Sportfishing Association Qld Inc Dec 2014 This report provides a summary of Dusky Flathead tagged from 1985‐2014 in South East Queensland (SEQ) and Central Queensland (CQ) in the following areas based on Suntag grid maps: Gold Coast (TWR, GC22 and
Taggers visible from Space
Ever wondered what tagging effort looks like? This view of all tagging in our database plotted onto google earth shows exactly what it looks like and if marked by lights as our cities are it would be visible from space. This map covers 724,000 records, represented by 12,300 grids and takes around 2 1/2 hours to run. Drill into it
Traumatising the Kids
When we recently hosted Dr Michael Hutchinson for his presentation on Jungle Perch Recovery I expected a lot of facts and figures, what I didn’t expect was a lesson in fish psychology. It seems that Jungle Perch raised in captivity do not have a natural aversion to predators such as a big hungry mangrove jack. So how do you teach
Jungle Perch – Notes on the Breeding Process
During the presentation by Michael I noted down some of the key elements of the breeding process. As with Bass and Barramundi hormones are used to stimulate the production of eggs and sperm Spawning can be performed anytime between November and May dependant on the availability of the right feeding pond for post spawning. Northern Jungle perch breed at
Jungle Perch in SEQ
On the 19th of November we were lucky to have a visit by Dr Michael Hutchison from DAFF. Michael heads up the Jungle Perch recovery project and I have to admit having been to my share of science briefings and I was a bit worried but this was one of the best evenings I have been to. Michael didn’t just
LOOKING INTO THE CRYSTAL BOWL FOR 2015
The 2014 Barramundi season has now ended. For the Fitzroy River and Gladstone we have just completed a comparison of what we predicted back in 2013 with observed in 2014, made our predictions for 2015 and a preliminary prediction for 2016. The last few years have been good for the local Barramundi fisheries but the next 2 years will be
FINALLY CRACKED 20 YEARS
It took young Zack Wilkinson fishing in the Tinaroo Barra Bash to catch the first Suntag fish that was tagged over 20 years ago. Zack is 13 years old so the fish was tagged 7 years before he was born! At 1230mm and 20.9kg that is quite feat. Note that the maximum legal size does not apply in Lake Tinaroo.
The Humble Prawn
The humble prawn has been the go to bait for fishers in Queensland forever. Here is a list of the species caught on prawns as listed in the Suntag Database. Species Number Tagged YELLOWFIN BREAM 6737 SPECKLED JAVELIN 2431 SNAPPER 979 GRASS EMPEROR 968 PIKEY BREAM 877 BARRED JAVELIN 729 DUSKY FLATHEAD 639 BARRAMUNDI 576 GOLDSPOTTED ROCKCOD 423 TARWHINE
THE BIG PICTURE TAGGING AND RECAPTURES 1985-2014
THE BIG PICTURE TAGGING AND RECAPTURES 1985-2014 This report has been prepared by Infofish Australia for the Australian National Sportfishing Association Qld Inc Oct 2014 This report provides a summary of tagging and recapture data for 22 species from 1985-2014: Fish tagged and recaptured Longest time from tagging to recapture Fish recapture same day as tagged Fish recaptured within