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Glenelg River Catfish Translocations
More catfish have been translocated to Northern Victoria in an effort to re-establish populations of the endangered native fish species. On the weekend of the 15th of November, the VFA made the trip over to [...]
Twenty-two fish habitat projects funded under Victorian Fish Habitat Improvement Fund
Applications have now closed for the VFA’s fish habitat improvement fund: $2.5 million in funding provided through the Victorian Government’s Go Fishing Victoria plan, working with recreational fishers and partnering organisations to create better fish [...]
Angler Support Confirms Kingfish Bag Limit Change
The bag limit for yellowtail kingfish has been changed from 5 to 2 ahead of this Summer thanks to strong support for the proposal from recreational fishers. Yellowtail kingfish are a highly sought after and [...]
Stocked Estuary Perch Fisheries, Alive and Thriving
Over the last thirteen years, the VFA has stocked around 2.5 million estuary perch fingerlings into 30 Victorian waterways including lakes, rivers, estuaries, and impoundments. Prior to this, estuary perch breeding was experimental in nature [...]
Snapper Fishing & Spawning Success
Snapper season is well and truly underway and the snapper have been firing everywhere across Port Phillip and Westernport. Although this comes as no surprise to our fisheries scientists who undertook modelling that predicted the [...]
Chasing Queensland Unicorns
By Nigel Webster As the winter cold sets in, many Queensland offshore anglers get excited about the prospects of some great reef fishing. Species such as snapper, pearl perch and red emperor are often at [...]