• Fishing and Boating Allowed Across Victoria!

    All Victorians are now able to go fishing and boating throughout the state as travel restrictions have lifted overnight. From 11:59pm on Sunday 8 November 2020 all Victorians can travel

  • Rocklands Emerging Native Fishery

    Excitement is building at Rocklands Reservoir with signs stocked native fish are already entering the fishery after just three years of growth. A flurry of recent golden perch catches is

  • Be a Snapper Steward

    Fishers have been counting the days, not only until they can wet a line, but to the day they can reel in a big snapper. The annual snapper run in

  • Camping on Crown Land Clarity

    An election commitment to remove the express prohibition on camping in section 401A of the Land Act 1958, for water frontage public land under licence, has seen a misinformation campaign

  • Recognising Four Years of the Angler Riparian Partnerships Program

    Over the last four years, recfishers have been getting their hands dirty planting trees and caring for the the strip of land adjacent to our rivers, streams and lakes as

  • Annual Report Released

    VRFish’s 2019-20 Annual Report has been released outlining the activities and achievements over the 12 month reporting period.

  • Federal Investment in Shellfish Reefs

    The new $20-million Reef Builder project is an exciting partnership between the Federal Government and The Nature Conservancy Australia (TNC) set to restore our native marine ecosystems, including our living shellfish reefs. 

  • Federal Fish Habitat Funding Flows to Victoria

    Nearly $3 million dollars of Federal Government funding will flow to Victoria for 9 exciting coastal and marine fish habitat restoration projects.Β  We welcome the investment in our marine and

  • Spying on River Blackfish

    Researchers from Deakin University have turned to spy-like aquatic surveillance to uncover the secret life of river blackfish (Gadopsos marmoratus) and give them a helping hand. Once abundant, river blackfish

  • Staying up-to-date with COVID-19 restrictions

    The COVID-19 pandemic and it’s associated restrictions have been constantly changing and many of our Victorian fishers have been finding it hard to keep up! To ensure our fishers can

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