The NSW Government has provided a boost for recreational fishers, the marine environment and the local community with the release of 30,000 Mulloway fingerlings into Sydney’s Georges River today.
In the past five years, over 180,000 Mulloway have been released into the Georges River under the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) marine stocking program.
Under the program, saltwater sportfish including Mulloway and Dusky Flathead are stocked at popular fishing estuaries along the coast, including the Hastings River near Port Macquarie, Lake Macquarie north of Sydney, the Georges River in Sydney’s south and St Georges Basin, Lake Conjola and Burrill Lake on the south coast.
Bred by DPIRD staff at the NSW Government’s Port Stephens Fisheries Institute marine hatchery, these juvenile mulloway measure up to 60mm on release and are expected to grow very quickly, reaching legal size of 70cm in just a few years.
An important commercial, cultural and recreational fishing species, Mulloway are widely recognised as being an iconic sport and table species. The NSW Government’s marine stocking program is supported by the NSW Recreational Fishing Trust.
