Keyhole Lagoons - Stradbroke island

[bobby777888]

I went to a mates place (he lives on stradbroke island) on the weekend and we went canoeing in the keyhole lagoons. These lagoons not only contain gambusia but crayfish and i think i even saw some rainbowfish ( i think just melenatenia dubulayi) They seem a perfect for stocking. how can brisbanes fishing commmunity go about getting these lagoons stocked?

[SeaJay]

Does every available piece of water really need stocking? Remember that the majority of fish stocked are high predatory (one reason that they are good lure-taking sportfish) and can have a high impact on the more numerous small species inhabiting natural waters. Species such as pygmy perch which inhabit some of those lacks are on the endangered list already.

[scatter1]

may be way off here but i think those are fully protected parks.

[SeaJay]

The fish you saw were probably Rhadinocentrus ornatus, which tend to be alot more common in those areas than Melanotaenia duboulayi.

[mangajack]

I didnt think that freshwater natural lakes were to be stocked only man made lakes and dams and flowing river systems........

Jack

[Fitzy]

I didnt think that freshwater natural lakes were to be stocked only man made lakes and dams and flowing river systems........

Jack



Got Buckleys of getting DPI&F to support any stocking within these lakes.
They are natural, unaltered waters & should be left as is. The stocking of native fish in Qld is only done as:
A- a last resort to save a species (ie Mary River cod)
B- When man made barriers to fish migration are in place (ie wiers & dams)

cheers,

fitzy.