Pine Rivers Fish Management Association

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Pine Rivers Fish Management Association (PRFMA)

Lake Samsonvale Stocking History

Stocking commenced in Lake Samsonvale in 1991 and has been routinely managed by the PFRMA in conjunction with the SEQ Water to produce and first class fishing location offering a great variety of options for the novice angler right through to the experience veteran.

Year	Australian Bass	Golden Perch	Silver Perch	Mary River Cod	Saratoga	Fish Stocked Per Hectare
1990/1991	41,667	-	-	-	-	19.1
1991/1992	-	-	92,050	-	-	42.2
1992/1993	48,990	49,000	94,160	-	-	88.1
1993/1994	1,840	88,778	22,222	920	-	59.8
1994/1995	35,648	60,000	33,330	1,000	25	59.6
1995/1996	16,000	51,500	64,221	2,340	-	61.6
1996/1997	-	17,925	5,500	-	46	10.8
1997/1998	30,555	-	25,000	870	87	25.9
1998/1999	-	33,350	-	-	-	15.3
1999/2000	-	1,000	79,101	-	-	36.7
2000/2001	32,600	-	-	-	-	14.9
2001/2002	39,500	18,760	7,200	3,000	84	31.4
2002/2003	60,834	10,000	1,000	2,500	-	34.1
2003/2004	82,534	26,128	-	3,000	-	51.2
2004/2005	28,000	13,250	-	3,900	53	20.8
2005/2006	36,640	-	-	3,500	-	18.4
2006/2007	21,000	-	-	3,000	-	11.0
2007/2008	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/2009	72,000	-	-	5,000	-	35.3
2009/2010	75,000	20,600	-	-	9	-
Total	564,368	369,961	423,784	29,030	295	n/a

Lake Kurwongbah Stocking History

The fish stocking program for Lake Kurwongbah was able to be commenced after PRFMA successfully applied for and received funding from the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's recreational fishing community grants program. Moreton Bay Regional Council also contributed some initial funds and at a state level the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries continues to supply funds each year to allow restocking of the lake.

At this stage the focus for this lake will be to produce a Bass and Saratoga fishery. It is estimated that the lake will produce legal size Bass no later than the summer of 2010 and if anglers care for the resident Saratoga, we will hope to have the start of a good fishery by 2014.

Fingerlings and on some occasions adult fish are sourced from various sources around southern Queensland. Mostly the fish are delivered by accredited fish breeders in purpose built transport tankers, occasionally PRFMA travels to collect stock for the dam.

In 2008, PRFMA members made four trips to collect stock, the longest trip was over a thousand kilometers and required a couple of days of travel, harvesting and distribution to collect some prime southern strain Saratoga. Even though wet, tired and dirty our guys bought back the basis of a breeding population which we hope will make Kurwongbah a fine Saratoga fishery in the years to come.

Year	Australian Bass	Golden Perch	Mary River Cod	Saratoga	Snub Nose Gar
2008	144,180	1,800	500	232	430
2009	-	20,000	-	150	-
2010	30,900	15,000	-	88	-
Total	175,080	36,800	500	470	430