Freshwater dam & weir closures
Fishing is prohibited in the following areas
|
River system |
Dam or Weir |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Dumaresq |
Bonshaw Weir |
100m downstream of the weir face |
|
Edward |
Stevens Weir |
80m upstream and 70m downstream of the weir face |
| Hawkesbury | Penrith Weir | 132m downstream and 115m upstream of the weir face |
|
Lachlan |
Lake Cargellico |
50m upstream and 50m downstream of the weir face |
|
Lachlan |
Lake Brewster |
50m upstream and 50m downstream of the weir face |
|
Lachlan |
Willandra Weir |
185m downstream and 100m upstream of the weir face |
|
Lachlan |
Wyangala Dam |
400m downstream of the weir face to the low level bridge |
|
MacIntyre |
Goondiwindi Weir |
150m upstream and 150m downstream of the weir face |
|
Macquarie |
Burrendong Dam |
185m upstream and 185m downstream of the weir face |
|
Macquarie |
Burrendong Dam |
Spillway Channel |
|
Murray |
Horseshoe Lagoon |
Murray Cod (Maccullochella peeli), golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) and silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus ) may not be taken in Horseshoe Lagoon (Albury) except by the method of catch and release fishing. |
|
Murray |
Hume Reservoir |
130m downstream of the weir face |
|
Murray |
Yarrawonga Weir |
50m upstream and 201m downstream of the weir face |
|
Murray |
Torrumbarry (Weir 26) |
100m upstream and 100m downstream of the weir face |
|
Murray |
Weir 7 (at Rufus River) |
50m upstream and from the downstream end of the lock chamber in a straight line across the river to a point on the NSW bank 125m downstream of where the weir wall adjoins the NSW bank. |
|
Murray |
Weir 8 (at Wangumma) |
50m upstream and from the downstream end of the lock chamber in a straight line across the river to a point on the Victorian bank 150m downstream of where the weir wall adjoins the Victorian bank. |
|
Murray |
Weir 9 (at Kulnine) |
50m upstream and from the downstream end of the lock chamber in a straight line across the river to a point on the NSW bank 150m downstream of where the weir wall adjoins the NSW bank. |
|
Murray |
Weir 10 (at Wentworth) |
50m upstream and from the downstream end of the lock chamber in a straight line across the river to a point on the Victorian bank 65m downstream of where the weir wall adjoins the Victorian bank. |
|
Murray |
Weir 11 (at Mildura) |
50m upstream and from a point on the NSW bank 142m downstream from where the weir wall adjoins the NSW bank in a straight line across the river to a point on the Victorian bank 120m downstream of where the weir wall adjoins the Victorian bank. |
|
Murray |
Weir 15 (at Robinvale) |
50m upstream and from the downstream end of the lock chamber in a straight line across the river to a point on the NSW bank 65m downstream of where the weir wall adjoins the Victorian bank. |
|
Murray |
Lake Victoria Inlet Regulator (at Frenchmans Creek) |
100m upstream and from a point on the northern bank 120m downstream of where the regulator adjoins the northern bank of the Frenchman’s Creek to a point on the southern bank 100m downstream of where the regulator adjoins the southern bank of Frenchman’s Creek. |
|
Murray |
Lake Victoria Outlet Regulator (Rufus River) |
100m upstream and 100m downstream from the centre of the regulator wall |
|
Murray |
Swampy Plains River |
120 metres downstream from the Khancoban Dam retaining wall. |
|
Murrumbidgee |
Gogeldrie Weir |
50m upstream and 50m downstream of the weir face |
|
Murrumbidgee |
Yanco Creek Weir |
50m upstream and 50m downstream of the weir face |
|
Murrumbidgee |
Berembed Weir |
50m upstream and 50m downstream of the weir face |
|
Murrumbidgee |
Weir No. 5 -Redbank Weir |
50m upstream and 50m downstream of the weir face |
|
Murrumbidgee |
Weir No. 7 - Maude Weir |
50m upstream and 50m downstream of the weir face |
|
Murrumbidgee |
Balranald Weir |
50m upstream and 50m downstream of the weir face |
|
Murrumbidgee |
Hay Weir |
50m upstream and 50m downstream of the weir face |
|
Murrumbidgee |
Burrinjuck Dam |
640m downstream of the weir face (in line with the western end of the No.1 power station). |
|
Namoi |
Manilla Weir |
50m upstream and 50m downstream of the weir face |
|
Namoi |
Keepit Dam |
150m downstream of the weir face |
|
Tumut |
Blowering Dam |
250 metres downstream of the Blowering Dam power station at Blowering Dam |
|
Tumut |
Jounama Dam |
800 metres downstream of the Jounama Dam spillway gates at Jounama Dam |
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