Pejar Dam trout releases

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Pejar trout releases

10,000 rainbow trout and 5,000 brown trout have been stocked into Pejar Dam near Goulburn, Minister for Primary Industries and Member for Burrinjuck, Katrina Hodgkinson has announced.
The trout stocking program is supported with funds from the NSW recreational fishing licence fee and placed into the NSW Recreational Fishing Trust.
The fish were bred at NSW DPI’s Gaden Trout Hatchery. More anglers are expected to visit Pejar Dam in future after Goulburn Mulwaree Council recently agreed to allow the use of electric motors on watercraft at the Dam.
During the 2011/12 season 223,000 Atlantic salmon, 40,000 brook trout, 377,000 rainbow trout and 84,000 fingerlings have been produced at the Gaden Trout Hatchery for stocking into lakes and dams throughout the Southern Highlands, Snowy Mountains and Central Tablelands.


Source: NSW CoFA