Queensland Implementation Report 2004-2005

Driving Action 6: Controlling Fish Stocking and Translocation

Highlights

Freshwater Fisheries Workshop 2005

Participants at the Southern Queensland Freshwater Fisheries Workshop, May 2005

Photo: courtesy of QDPI&F

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The 2005 Queensland Southern Freshwater Fisheries workshop, held in Stanthorpe for two days after the NFS Workshop, was co-hosted by the DPI&F and the Stanthorpe Bluewater Fishing and Restocking Club Inc. Approximately 105 delegates represented freshwater fish stocking associations, freshwater hatcheries, recreational fishing bodies, regional NRM groups and the DPI&F. These workshops are held to foster feedback from community-based stocking associations involved in the Queensland Government’s Freshwater Fish Stocking Program.

This year’s workshop was both an avenue for the exchange of new information and ideas, and feedback from delegates, and also an opportunity for members of the local stocking association to get involved in the workshop. This workshop, held in the Queensland Murray-Darling, presented an opportunity to increase awareness of the NFS implementation plans, and gave the regional NRM groups the opportunity to interact with a new group of stakeholders.

DPI&F reported on progress with an Ecological Sustainable Development (ESD) assessment of Queensland fish stocking program. Stocking groups are supportive of the approach and recognise that stocking must be undertaken under appropriate sustainability guidelines.