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Join VRFish today and help make fishing better in Victoria. We need your support to protect the future of fishing.

Individual Fishers

Free Individual Membership – $0

Member benefits:

  • Receive regular ‘Member First’ email updates on important issues that affect your fishing.
  • Be represented on key issues affecting recreational fishing at a local, state and national level.
  • Opportunities to formally contribute your views and expertise in making fishing better through member forums, reference groups and surveys.
  • Receive our monthly ‘Fishing Lines’ e-newsletter emailed to you with all the news and events happening in Victorian fishing.

Premium Individual Membership – $25.00

Member benefits:

  • Receive regular ‘Member First’ email updates on important issues that affect your fishing.
  • Help fund programs and projects that make fishing better.
  • Be represented on key issues affecting recreational fishing at a local, state and national level.
  • Opportunities to formally contribute your views and expertise in making fishing better through member forums, reference groups and surveys.
  • Have an influence in the direction of VRFish and take part in the voting rights at the Annual General Meeting.
  • Receive ‘Fishing Lines’ e-newsletter emailed to you with all the news and events happening in Victorian fishing.

Junior Membership

If you are under 16 and love your fishing you can join VRFish with through our new Junior Membership for free!


Fishing Clubs

Club Supporter Membership – Free

  • Join the recognised State Sport and Recreation Body in Victoria and unlock funding opportunities for your club through Sport and Recreation Victoria. Be represented on key issues affecting recreational fishing at a local, state and national level
  • Promotion of your club and events through VRFish’s communications
  • Club listing on VRFish website
  • Recognition as a VRFish member and exclusive use of a VRFish member logo
  • Discounted public liability insurance through greater purchasing power
  • Be part of Victoria’s largest recreational fishing community that works towards making fishing better for everyone
  • Network and build relationships and partnerships with other fishing clubs and associations
  • Opportunities to taking an active part of the peak body for recreational fishing in Victoria by participating in workshops, member forums, events and nominating for reference groups.
  • Have an influence in the direction of VRFish and take part in the voting rights at the Annual General Meeting
  • Central point of contact for advice, information & resources
  • Develop partnership projects with VRFish and its membership

Download the Fishing Club Prospectus

Affiliate Organisation

Affiliated Organisation Membership is open to organisations and institutions that share VRFish’s vision to work collaboratively through joint advocacy, research, communication, training, funding or other services. Affiliated Members are voting members and receive access to the following benefits:

  • The opportunity to support Victoria’s recreational fishing peak body, VRFish.
  • Invitations to Member forums.
  • Opportunity to communicate directly to Victorian recreational fishers on shared issues and opportunities.
  • Build networks with other recreational fishing organisations and individual fishers.
  • Contribute to the development of policy and strategy of VRFish.
  • Entitled to attend and speak at the AGM
  • Able to participate in committees and working groups of VRFish
  • Opportunity to nominate for Board positions and vote at VRFish Annual General Meetings.

The requirements to join VRFish as an Affiliated Organisations are:

  1. The organisation has aligned and supporting purposes to those of VRFish 
  2. Are a not-for-profit, charitable, research or public benevolent organisation
  3. To abide by the VRFish Constitution

The VRFish Board will assess each application on the suitability of the requirements.

Subscriber – Free

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