VICTORIA'S RECREATIONAL FISHING PEAK BODY
.....representing all Victorian recreational fishers.

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Welcome to the VRFish Web site. VRFish is Victoria's recreational fishing peak body. Our charter is to consult broadly with the recreational fishing community to represent the views of recreational fishers in an accurate manner to Government and their agencies as well as communicate effectively with the recreational fishers of Victoria.

Click here to view the Stream Classification Draft Model

Position Available:
VRFish has a position available for a Grants / Project Officer, for details click here or call Christopher Collins on 03 9686 7077

VRFish March 08 newsletter....click here

VRFish says "Don't use ab gut as bait!"...more

Parks Victoria ignores 550,000 Victorians during consultation process...more

Enhanced Recreational Fishing Program Website

MDBC Eradication of Trout and Redfin...more

Be Aware of Possibly Diseased Fish...more

Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) Information Guide

Channel Deepening Project...link

Advice to Traveller's - Didymo, 'Are you putting Australia's future on the line?'....more

Previous News items

          

	STREAM CLASSIFICATION PROJECT
	In Nov 2006, the Victorian Labor Government made an election commitment to establish a Stream Classification model as part of its Recreational Fishing and Boating policy.  In July 2007 a Stream Classification Committee was formed to advise the Executive Director of Fisheries Victoria on the implementation of this commitment. The Committee was chaired by the Executive Director of Fisheries Victoria, Peter Appleford. It was agreed that representatives covering the broad range of inland fishing experiences would be invited to participate. The Committee has now established a DRAFT Stream Classification model and has made a preliminary application of the model against five key rivers in the North East. The Committee intends to hold four public consultation meetings, to receive input from recreational anglers on the classification model at Corryong, Bright, Wangaratta and Melbourne at the following times and locations. Location Venue Address Date Time Bright Bright Visitors Centre 119 Gavan St, Bright 07 May 08' 7 pm til 9 pm Wodonga Black Stump Motel, Wodonga 4327 Anzac Pd, Wodonga 08 May 08' 7 pm til 9 pm Corryong  Corryong Community Education Centre 39 Hansen St, Corryong 21 May 08' 7 pm til 9 pm Melbourne The Royal Australasian college of Surgeons Spring St, Melbourne 29 May 08' 7 pm til 9 pm The intention of the community consultation meetings is to get input from recreational anglers into the draft model and its application in the North East region. Following the consultation process the revised Stream Classification model will be put on the Fisheries Victoria website for 90 days to provide an opportunity for people to provide further comments via submissions to Fisheries Victoria. The final model will be presented to the Minister of Agriculture in early 2009. The committee looks forward to your representation as part of the coming consultation process. If you would like to attend a Stream Classification Meeting, click here to REGISTER
	FISHING LINES
		Make sure you check out the latest edition of VRFish's Fishing Lines Magazine Click here	Story Highlights 'Sydney Kings' by Alstair McGlashan 'A full year of family fishing fun' 'Adventures with Snapper' by Steve Cooper Scorecard on the 2006 Election Policy
	TROUT POLICY REVIEW
	VRFish hosted a workshop in November 2007 to provide interested members of the recreational fishing community an opportunity to give their views on the future issues for Victoria's recreational trout fishery. Following the workshop outcomes, VRFish has released a draft policy for Victoria's recreational fishers to consider. Comments are due 16 May 2008. All comments will be considered and a finalised policy will be presented to the 5 July 2008 VRFish State Council Meeting.		Click here for draft VRFish Trout Policy   Click here for Workshop outcomes
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