Finfish escape register
As at 14 February 2024
Date | Location | Species | Estimated number escaped | Estimated weight |
---|---|---|---|---|
10 February 2024 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 350 | 14 kg total (fingerlings, 40 g each) |
15 January 2024 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 20 | 81 kg |
22 December 2023 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 150 | 570 kg |
20 October 2023 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 3,500 | 192 kg total (fingerlings, dropped from air while transporting – 100% mortality) |
15 March 2023 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 40 |
320 kg total (broodstock) |
24 January 2023 | Louth Bay | Kingfish | 5 | 16 months old |
4 February 2022 | Fitzgerald Bay | Kingfish | 12 with 2 recaptured |
5 kg total (500 g each) |
13 May 2021 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 1 | 5 kg |
22 March 2021 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 20 | 5 kg each |
11 January 2021 | Louth Bay | Kingfish | 1,000 |
2,500 kg (~2.5 kg each) |
6 January 2020 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 5,000 with 3,830 recaptured |
9,700 kg (~2 kg each) |
20 December 2019 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 100 | 10–20 kg total (juveniles) |
18 December 2019 | Louth Bay | Kingfish | 250 with 100 recaptured | 71 kg total (juveniles) |
28 November 2019 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 600 with 500 recaptured | Total of 1,200 kg |
16 February 2019 | Point Boston | Kingfish | 12 |
50 g each (juveniles) |
07 January 2019 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 75 |
4.5 kg total (fingerlings) |
25 October 2018 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 300 | 640 kg total |
24 April 2018 | Louth Bay | Kingfish | 100 | 4 kg each |
18 December 2017 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 50 |
23 kg (~500 g each) |
18 March 2017 | Pt Lincoln | Tuna | 500 | 17 kg each |
15 January 2016 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 100–150 | 230–345 kg total |
18 December 2015 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 150–250 |
31–51 kg total (juveniles) |
9 November 2015 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 4,544 | 10,000 kg total |
29 January 2015 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 3 | 3.5 kg total |
12 November 2014 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 20 | 20 kg total |
26 June 2014 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 200 |
360 kg total (adults) |
03 March 2014 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 40–60 | 240–270 g each (fingerlings) |
25 October 2013 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 12 | 20 kg total |
14 December 2012 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 200 | I kg each |
17 June 2012 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 500 | 8 months old |
28 May 2012 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 300 | 2.4 kg each |
26 May 2012 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 50 | 2.2 kg each |
18 May 2012 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 100 | 400 g each |
23 February 2012 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 300–400 | 13 months old |
30 October 2011 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 30 | |
17 June 2011 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 50–100 | 700–765 g each |
15 April 2011 | Pt Lincoln | Tuna | 3 | 18 kg each |
19 July 2010 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 10–15 | |
30 December 2009 | Fitzgerald Bay | Kingfish | 200 | 3–3.5 kg each |
1 December 2009 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 150 | 3.6 kg each |
25 November 2009 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 12 | 26 g each |
24 November 2009 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 250 | 3.6 kg each |
23 November 2009 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 20 | 3.6 kg each |
6 October 2009 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 150 | 3.6 kg each |
23 June 2009 | Fitzgerald Bay | Kingfish | 500 | 1 kg each |
18 June 2009 | Fitzgerald Bay | Kingfish | 15 | 3 kg each |
26 March 2009 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 30–50 | 0.55 kg each |
16 October 2008 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 50–100 | 0.9 kg each |
8 July 2008 | Fitzgerald Bay | Kingfish | 250–300 | 1.5 kg each |
18 April 2008 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 20 | 3.8 kg each |
4 February 2008 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 100 | 0.35 kg each |
22 January 2008 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 3 | 3-4 kg each |
4 January 2008 | Arno Bay | Kingfish | 6,030 | 50 g each |
30 October 2007 | Fitzgerald Bay | Kingfish | 80–100 | 3.78 kg each |
5 June 2007 | Boston Bay | Mulloway | 20–30 | 1 kg each |
31 May 2007 | Fitzgerald Bay | Kingfish | 5–10 | 3.7 kg each |
21 May 2007 | Boston Bay | Kingfish | 1 | 7 kg each |
3 March 2007 | Fitzgerald Bay | Kingfish | 500 | 0.64 kg each |
2 December 2006 | Boston Bay | Mulloway | 10 | 1.5 kg each |
23 November 2006 | Boston Bay | Mulloway | 50–60 | 0.85 kg each |
24 October 2006 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 50–100 | 3.9 kg each | |
5 May 2006 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 10,000 with 8,500 recaptured | 1 kg each | |
8 February 2006 | Mulloway | 99,000 | 0.2 kg each | |
19 January 2006 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 250–300 | 3 kg each | |
14 December 2005 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 500 | 2 kg each | |
8 December 2005 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 50–70 | 2.1 kg each | |
6 December 2005 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 10 | 2.6 kg each | |
18 October 2005 | Yellowtail Kingfish | A report has been made that during rough weather a small portion of net headline dropped below the water level. Whilst minimal in scale the operating company has indicated that there was potential for fish escape. The incident was reported immediately to PIRSA Aquaculture and it appears at this stage that there has not been any fish lost from the cage in question. | ||
4 February 2005 | Mulloway | 40,000 | 0.21 kg each | |
2 February 2005 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 30,390 with 4000 recaptured | 2.38 kg each | |
21 November 2003 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 4,676 | 1.5 kg each | |
31 July 2003 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 2,423 | 2.0 kg each | |
18 June 2003 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 448 | 0.15 kg each | |
6 April 2003 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 11,949 with 5400 recaptured | 2.5 kg each | |
31 January 2003 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 5000 lost with all recaptured | 1.7 kg each | |
31 January 2003 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 1,438 | 19 g each | |
16 September 2002 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 569 | 3.3 kg each | |
9 May 2002 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 5,500 | 0.5 kg each | |
23 July 2001 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 536 | 0.72 kg each | |
Second quarter 2001 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 450 | 0.1 kg each | |
1 June 2001 | Yellowtail Kingfish | 896 | 1.0 kg each |
Page last reviewed: 14 Feb 2024