Best Practice Barramundi Management

MASA has created the Lake Monduran fishery for families and tourists who have average angling skills and enjoy being able to catch this icon species.

Lake Monduran is a freshwater PUT and TAKE BARRAMUNDI FISHERY that relies on a very different management strategy than the Catch and Release practices taught to many marine anglers.

Large barramundi (over 90 cm) do not breed in freshwater dams and do not replenish wild populations unlike their cousins who live and reproduce in marine habitats.

In 2025, MASA stocked over 400,000 barramundi fingerlings and out of the thousands that reach maturity, only a low percentage are caught and taken out of the fishery.

MASA encourages anglers to take home their legal size (58 cm) barramundi (remembering bag limits).

MASA is trying to add a new dimension to recreational freshwater fishing via –

• Raising awareness of Native Fish Species.
• Raising awareness of sustainable fishing in stocked impoundments.
• Best practice sustainable barramundi management.
• Raising awareness of pest species and responsible management of these.