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WEIPA TAGGING 1985-2014
WEIPA TAGGING 1985-2014 This report has been prepared by Infofish Australia for Australian National Sportfishing Association Qld August 2014. This report examines tag and recapture data available for the Weipa area: Tagging and recaptures in Albatross Bay and Port Musgrave catchments 1985‐2014 Weipa Tagging – Google Map Weipa Tagging – Google Map Weipa Barramundi Tagging – Google Map
BARRAMUNDI IN HERBERT CREEK
BARRAMUNDI IN HERBERT CREEK This report has been prepared by Infofish Australia for Captag July 2014 This report examines data available for Barramundi in Herbert Creek and Stanage Bay area: Tagging and recaptures of Barramundi 2007‐2014 Commercial catch data of Barramundi 1990‐2014 Download the Report Herbert Creek Tagging – Google Map Herbert Creek Recaptures – Google Map
TAGGING IN GULF OF CARPENTARIA GILBERT RIVER TO FLINDERS RIVER 1985-2014
TAGGING IN GULF OF CARPENTARIA GILBERT RIVER TO FLINDERS RIVER 1985-2014 This report has been prepared by Infofish Australia for the Australian National Sportfishing Association Qld Inc July 2014 This report examines tagging data from the Gilbert River to the Flinders River in the Gulf of Carpentaria from 1985-2014: Tagging and recaptures of key species Movement of fish tagged
Moreton Bay Marine Park and Tagging
Moreton Bay Marine Park and Tagging This report has been prepared by Infofish Australia for Australian National Sportfishing Association Qld (ANSAQ). June 2014. The report assesses the affect of green zones on tagging in the Moreton Bay Marine Park through: A summary of tagging in the Moreton Bay Marine Park from Jan 1985-‐Feb 2009 and after the declaration of the
HOW OLD DO SARATOGA GET?
There have not been many Saratoga tagged and fewer recaptured. This fish was tagged in the Connors River (inland from Clairview) back in 2002 was recently recaptured 12.1 years later as shown in the photo. The fish was 630mm when tagged and 650mm when recaptured showing how slow these fish can grow. Just how old would a fish of 1m
TRACKING STOCKED FISH
How do you measure the success of stocking fish? There are many ways of doing this but one of the cheapest ways is to tag them. In recent years many of the stocking groups have been stocking Barramundi at around 200mm and tagging them all, or at least part of the batch of released fish. In the Cairns area they
MORETON BAY MARINE PARK TAGGING
What was the affect of the Moreton Bay Marine Park on recreational fish? Problem is that there is very little hard data to test this. Tagging has been going on since 1985 and provides at least a measure of the affects of the zoning plan on tagging. Based on Suntag map grids where fish have been tagged there were 883
TRACKING FISH INTO THE FUTURE IN ROCKHAMPTON REGION
TRACKING FISH INTO THE FUTURE IN ROCKHAMPTON REGION This project received assistance from Rockhampton Region Council’s Community Assistance Program. This report has been prepared by Infofish Australia for Captag. May 2014. Captag received a grant from the Rockhampton Regional Council to purchase tags for the “Tracking Fish into the Future” in the Rockhampton region. Targets for the project were: 3,500
BASS RECORD DISTANCE TRAVELED
Over 50 Barramundi have made a long distance trek of over 700km from Lake Theresa to the mouth of the Fitzroy River. Now it is the turn for a Bass to make a similar long distance trek. This one was tagged in Lake Boondooma near Kingaroy in Oct 2006. Almost 7.5 years later it was caught in the Burnett estuary
PUMICESTONE PASSAGE 18 YEARS ON
It is now 18 years since Pumicestone passage was closed to commercial netting. How has the fishing changed over that time? Suntag tagging records can provide some insights into what may have changed. Flathead have been on the improve. The number of Flathead tagged per tagger per day has steadily increased from 1.0 fish/day from 1985-1989 to 6.0 fish day