FINGERLINGS

Fingerlings, fry, and larvae are available for customers world wide. Aquaculture facilities around the world are able to purchase hatchery products from experienced skilled native hatcheries in Queensland. The aquaculture industry will benefit from selective breeding of native fingerlings for specific desirable qualities that will enhance growth and marketability.

Most Queensland hatcheries operate under environmental and hatchery codes of practice. These codes of practice are designed to ensure appropriate genetic diversity, translocation management, disease control. QAIF recommend the use of hatcheries which are accredited under these codes.

A range of native fingerlings are available for use as recreation fishing, in both dams on privately owned land and public waterways. The most common are, Silver Perch, Barramundi, Sleepy Cod, Australian Bass, Golden Perch also known as Yellowbelly, Saratoga and Sooty Grunter. Licensed Fish Farmers are also able to order fingerlings for grow-out as table fish.

Fish for Private Dams should be supplied strictly in accordance with translocation regulations. Only those species allowed in the catchment of the dam to be stocked can be supplied. To find out what fish you are allowed to stock in your dam contact the Queensland Fisheries Service and ask for the brochure, "Stocking fish in farm dams and other waters on private land".

Fingerlings are also available to community stocking groups and the Queensland Government. Hundreds of thousands of fingerlings are stocked by the government and these groups each year. All stockings are subject to a permit issued by the Queensland Government. Each catchment is subject to strict controls to prevent the unwanted translocation of any species.

The Aquaculture Association of Queensland’s hatchery members have stocked the region with hundreds of thousands of fingerlings. For more details about fingerlings and the AAQ click on the AAQ Web site below.

* Before you stock a dam you should check that you are allowed to do so. Serious environmental consequences may result from stocking the wrong species. In Queensland there strict regulations controlling the fish you may stock. Use this link to go the Queensland Government web site's page covering this information, and what fish you may stock.

In Queensland unlawful stocking under section 90 of Fisheries Act 1994, can attract fines up to 2000 penalty units each unit is $75. If a hatchery operator sells fish knowing that that they were going to be released into a water where they are not permitted, that can be investigated under section 7 of the criminal code.

For a list of hatcheries able to supply fingerlings to stock dams, click here.

Fingerlings, fry, and larvae are available for customers world wide. Aquaculture facilities around the world are able to purchase hatchery products from experienced skilled native hatcheries in Queensland. The aquaculture industry will benefit from selective breeding of native fingerlings for specific desirable qualities that will enhance growth and marketability. Most Queensland hatcheries operate under environmental and hatchery codes of practice. These codes of practice are designed to ensure appropriate genetic diversity, translocation management, disease control. QAIF recommend the use of hatcheries which are accredited under these codes. A range of native fingerlings are available for use as recreation fishing, in both dams on privately owned land and public waterways. The most common are, Silver Perch, Barramundi, Sleepy Cod, Australian Bass, Golden Perch also known as Yellowbelly, Saratoga and Sooty Grunter. Licensed Fish Farmers are also able to order fingerlings for grow-out as table fish. Fish for Private Dams should be supplied strictly in accordance with translocation regulations. Only those species allowed in the catchment of the dam to be stocked can be supplied. To find out what fish you are allowed to stock in your dam contact the Queensland Fisheries Service and ask for the brochure, "Stocking fish in farm dams and other waters on private land". Fingerlings are also available to community stocking groups and the Queensland Government. Hundreds of thousands of fingerlings are stocked by the government and these groups each year. All stockings are subject to a permit issued by the Queensland Government. Each catchment is subject to strict controls to prevent the unwanted translocation of any species. The Aquaculture Association of Queensland’s hatchery members have stocked the region with hundreds of thousands of fingerlings. For more details about fingerlings and the AAQ click on the AAQ Web site below. * Before you stock a dam you should check that you are allowed to do so. Serious environmental consequences may result from stocking the wrong species. In Queensland there strict regulations controlling the fish you may stock. Use this link to go the Queensland Government web site's page covering this information, and what fish you may stock. www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/1261.html It is illegal to stock the wrong fish. In Queensland unlawful stocking under section 90 of Fisheries Act 1994, can attract fines up to 2000 penalty units each unit is $75. If a hatchery operator sells fish knowing that that they were going to be released into a water where they are not permitted, that can be investigated under section 7 of the criminal code. For a list of hatcheries able to supply fingerlings to stock dams, click here.
All freshwater fish have a bag limit, yes even those little ones you might want to put in an aquarium. So watch for size and bag limits and good fishing!	Murray cod eggs. Photo courtesy of Granite Belt Fish Hatchery.
If you want to stock a pond or dam for mosquito control it is best to stock small species such as Australian rainbows, freshwater hardy heads, glass fish, blue-eyes, etc. Most streams in Queensland have rainbows in them but each stream has a unique colour morph. It would be a disaster to stock the wrong colour morph. If they were to escape and breed with the local colour morph, your local colour morph may be lost forever. The best way to get the right colour morph is to catch your own. It is legal in Queensland for you to catch a small number from your local streams and stock them in your dam.
To catch small fish from your local area, click here.	This rainbow fish is from a small creek north of Bundaberg.
To catch small fish from your local area, click here.	Picture courtesy ausyfish.com