VR Fish - Victorian Recreational Fishing Peak Body

September 11, 2019

Have Your Say on Issues Affecting Recreational Fishing

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June 30, 2021

Mulloway Tagging Project Records New Recaptures

Image of Nic Tribonias from the Mulloway Tagging Victoria Facebook group The Nature Glenelg Trust‘s Mulloway tagging project is investigating broad-scale movement patterns of mulloway across Victoria and interstate. The citizen science project aims to tag 2000 mulloway through...
June 29, 2021

Making Fish Habitat Better in the Corangamite Catchment

VRFish are elated to have partnered with the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and OzFish Unlimited to restore habitat in the Corangamite catchment as part of the Australian Government’s Fisheries Habitat Restoration Program. The Barwon River Habitat Restoration Project...
June 28, 2021

Abalone Disease Control Area Reduced

For more information, visit the Agriculture Victoria website or call 136 186. On the 4th of May, wild abalone off the coast of Cape Nelson tested positive for a disease called Abalone Virus Ganglioneuritis (AVG). This prompted a response from Agriculture...
June 28, 2021

Water for the environment: how the benefits to native fish outweigh carp risk

Written by the Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) Carp are the rabbits of our waterways and occupy a wide range of aquatic habitats, including rivers, estuaries, wetlands, lakes, reservoirs, and irrigation networks. While they live in all types of...
June 21, 2021

Abalone Disease Controls Still in Force in the South West

For more information, visit the Agriculture Victoria website or call 136 186. With the school holidays fast approaching, many Victorians will be heading away to enjoy the holidays with their families. If you’re heading to the south west, particularly to Portland,...
June 15, 2021

Closed Season for River Trout

It’s time to let the wild trout in our rivers and streams breed as Tuesday 15 June marked the start of the annual trout and salmonid closed season. The closed season applies to most Victorian rivers and streams and...
June 8, 2021

VRFish Welcomes Rita Caulfield to Board of Directors

VRFish is thrilled to announce Rita Caulfield as the newest member appointed to the VRFish Board. Rita currently works in the fishing tackle industry and is a familiar face on the tackle/boat/camping industry show circuit. Rita’s passion for recreational...
June 4, 2021

Maribyrnong River Recreational Fishers Sold To The Dogs

VRFish, the recreational fishing peak body in Victoria, today questioned the State Member for Essendon District Danny Pearson for his blindside delivered to recreational boaters in his electorate and the many Victorian recreational boaters and fishers who like nothing...
June 2, 2021

New Beach Camera and Weather Reporting Station at Loch Sport Beach

Loch Sport Fishing Association, one of our valued Fishing Club Supporter Members, have been working hard for over 18 months to install a 24/7 beach webcam and weather reporting station on 90 Mile Beach at Loch Sport.⁠⁠After months of...
May 31, 2021

Round 2 of ‘Get Active Victoria’ Kids Voucher Program Now Open

We’ve just received some information from Sport and Recreation Victoria regarding the second round of Get Active Victoria Kids Voucher Program which has just opened and may assist eligible club members to be reimbursed for costs associated with their children’s fishing...