The Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment branch for Invasive Species said it was in the midst of developing Tasmania's first coordinated cat management plan to combat the damage caused to the environment and agriculture by the cats.

"The plan is on track and the public consultation process on a draft plan will begin early this year," a department spokesman said, adding that a group of key people involved had been established to drive the development and implementation of the plan.

However, West Tamar Council mayor Christina Holmdahl has echoed concerns of municipality members about the aloof nature of such plans.

"We're not getting any leadership from them - we don't know what they're thinking or where they're at in terms of defining a policy to deal with this issue," she said.

"We [councillors] share the concerns of our ratepayers: we need to know the scale of the problem."

Legana Community Group cat management co-ordinator Jim Collier said patience among community members was wearing thin.

"Frustrated community members can't do anything because in Tasmania there's simply no legislation in place that allows local communities to take steps to reduce feral cats in the community," he said.

Mr Collier said Tasmania should look towards other states such as Western Australia and Victoria where local councils have implemented cat management policies which involve compulsory registration, desexing, microchipping.

Tamar NRM and the Tasmanian Conservation Trust are running a forum at Riverside to look at getting some action in the Tamar Valley regarding the cat problem.

The forum will be held at Windsor Park, Riverside, Community Hall Area 2, on Thursday, February 11, 7pm-8.30pm.