From the office of fishcare

NEW! BLACK BREAM - ‘KNOW YOUR CATCH’ BROCHURE

Did you know that the oldest black bream aged from Victorian waters is 37 years old? Or that one black bream studied in the Gippsland Lakes system swam over 3000km in a year! Learn more about one of Victoria’s most popular estuarine target fish species in the latest edition of the ‘Know your catch’ series of brochures produced by Fishcare Victoria.

This full colour A4 sized publication contains interesting information about the biology (including age and growth), movement, post release survival and tips for releasing unwanted and undersize fish and is based on current research conducted by Fisheries Victoria.

“It is a real bonus for anglers to be able to understand more about the biology of such an important recreational target fish species. Many people do not realise how long these fish can live or how much they move around” said Fishcare facilitator, Scott Gray who was involved in the development of the product.

“There is plenty of detailed information in this new brochure about released fish survival and some handy tips on things you can do to help reduce deep hooking and increase the survival chances of released fish. This is really important, especially when the National Recreational and Indigenous Fishing Survey conducted in 2000/2001 estimated that more than 800,000 individual undersized black bream were released in a year by Victorian recreational anglers” Scott said.

Fishcare Victoria continues to distinguish itself as the prominent educator of Victorian recreational anglers.

The brochures were produced as part of $26,400 grant awarded to Fishcare East Gippsland Inc. titled ‘Fishing for everyone forever’ from Round 1 the Australian Government’s Recreational Fishing Community Grants Program.

You can view the new product, request or download a pdf file of this product online from the resources page of our new look website www.fishcare.org.au They will also be available from selected retail tackle stores.

Fishcare is a statewide community based organisation that promotes responsible and sustainable attitudes and practices amongst recreational anglers and the wider community.

The black bream brochure is the second in the series of the ‘Know your catch’ project. The
popular ‘Know your catch’ snapper brochure, which was the first in the series, will also be
reprinted.

CLICK HERE FOR A PDF OF THE ‘KNOW YOUR CATCH’ BROCHURE