Lake Awoonga is exempt from the current barramundi closure and it’s just as well because thirty-seven big and healthy barra raised by the Agricultural Studies students at the Mt Larcom high school are swimming around there right now ready to jump in your boat.
The fish were raised from fingerlings purchased from the Gladstone Area Water Board hatchery. Hatchery and fisheries manager Thomas Hayes was on hand as eight students released their fish into the lake yesterday.
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