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Finfish escape register

As at 21 November 2024

DateLocationSpecies Estimated number escaped Estimated weight
23 January 2026Arno BayKingfish2000 (100 recaptured)Fingerlings 274 g each (total weight 548 kg)
24 October 2025Boston BayKingfish120264 kg total (~2.2kg each)
18 November  2024 Louth Bay Kingfish 500 1081 kg
16 April 2024 Boston Bay Kingfish 1000 to 2000 with 10 recaptured 1200 kg
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)
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