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Fish-E-Fax #259,17 December 2009
-Fishing passion crosses all cultural boundaries
-Rec fishing generating $825m per year
-New plan for sustainable fishing in the Wimmera

Fish-E-Fax #258,3 December 2009
-The cod are calling – it’s season opening!
-Dusky flathead fish framed wanted
-Changes to shrimp bag limits

Fish-E-Fax #257,23 November 2009
Stocking Summary
-Spring into Port Phillip Bay Snapper
-Opening of the Southern Rock Lobster Season
-Stocking Summary

Fish-E-Fax #256,5 November 2009
-Don't miss DPI Queenscliff Centre's open day 2009
-Fish for the future by becoming an angler diarist
-Fishing controls extended in the south-west

Fish-E-Fax #255,23 October 2009
-Anglers views invited for Gippsland Fishery Management Plan
-60 days for recreational abalone take in central waters
-Water level update

Fish-E-Fax #254,8 October 2009
-Goulburn River trout stocking a huge success
-New Fisheries Consultative Body calling for members
-Catch a New Hobby’ with Port Phillip and Western Port Let’s Go Fishing Guide

Fish-E-Fax #253,24 September 2009
-Spring into the sea these school holidays
-Your licence fees at work for the Snowy River
-Angler invited to contribute to the Goulburn Broken Fishery Management Plan

Fish-E-Fax #252,10 September 2009
-Greater protection for the iconic Murray cod
-Your licence fees at work at the Hopkins River
-Victoria's revised Rock Lobster Fishery Management Plan
-South-west fishers doing the right thing for abalone

Fish-E-Fax #251,2 September 2009
Stocking Summary
-Great ideas coming out of the Recreational -Fishing Forums
-Silver Trevally Legal Minimum Size Limit
-Winter Calamari Safari
-Stocking Summary

Fish-E-Fax #250,22 July 2009
-Victoria’s recreational fishers have their say
-Great fishing with two new platforms on the Barwon
-Fishing closure to help curb Southwest abalone disease
-Fishy Fact – Bispinosus is the new black

Fish-E-Fax #249,1 July 2009
-Major Fisheries plan needs reel input from anglers
-Creating an enhanced Macquarie perch fishery
-Police road blitz snares alleged fish thieves
-Southwest anglers rejoice over Aringa access
-Fishy Fact - Shark cloning

Fish-E-Fax #248,18 June 2009
-Record 1.2 million native fish stocked into Victorian waters
-Fishers to get greater say on spending licence funds
-Enjoy fishing and want to put something back?
-Fishy Fact – Colossal Calamari

Fish-E-Fax #247,4 June 2009
-Port Phillip Bay recreational fishing reefs launched
-Trout closed season begins June 9
-Stocking Summary
-Fishy Fact – Freaky-eyed Flounder

Fish-E-Fax #246,21 May 2009
-Marine stocking forums bring great ideas together
-Hundreds join family fishing’s Hyland fling
-Hopkins river fish thieves land heavy penalties
-Fishy Fact – ‘Ponde’ the Murray cod

Fish-E-Fax #245,7 May 2009
-Stocking Summary
-Family fishing festival nets a keen crowd at Eildon
-Go fishing - Catch a cray
-Fishy Fact – Elephantfish or elephantshark?

Fish-E-Fax #244,23 April 2009
-New regulations to help protect elephantfish stocks
-Natural causes likely culprit in fish condition
-New reef naming competition a success
-Exciting new format for Fish-e-fax newsletter
-Fishy Fact – The amazing travels of the short finned eel!

Fish-E-Fax #243,9 April 2009
-Fishing for a name for new reef
-Learn to fish at Eildon Pondage
-Fishy Fact – Big Bones = Attractive?

Fish-E-Fax #242,26 March 2009
-Stocking Summary
-Head to the Hopkins River for a Premier Fishing Experience
-Survey Reveals Stocking Success at Kerang Lakes
-Lead Sinkers and your Health
-Fishy Fact – Tropical Game Fish in Victoria?

Fish-E-Fax #241,12 March 2009
-Victoria’s new Fishing Rules: new bag and size limits
-Stocking Summary
-Boat Launching Returns to Lake Purrumbete
-Fishy Fact – golden perch

Fish-E-Fax #240, 3 March 2009
- Trout stocking on rise despite drought
- Forfeitures prove costly for an illegal fishing spree
- Call from public results in bust at Beaumaris
- Fishy Fact – Garfish

Fish-E-Fax #239, 12 February 2009
- New fisheries regulations to commence in March 2009
- Victoria’s whiting fishery fit for kings
- Purrumbete boat ramp the key to abundant trout

Fish-E-Fax #237, 15 January 2009
- Have your say on two inland fishery management plans
- Tagged bay snapper recaptured nine years on
- Gippsland lakes bream fishery – size matters
- Fishy fact – Nannygai-

Fish-E-Fax #235, 4 December 2008
- Enhanced Recreational Fishing Program update
- Release of the Draft Victorian Rocklobster Fishery Management Plan
- Stocking summary – October 2008
- Murray cod season open

Fish-E-Fax #234, 20 November 2008
- Illegal trout angler ordered to pay $3600
- Free 2009 ‘Go Fishing in Victoria’ calendar out now
- Stocking summary – October 2008
- Fishy fact – Romance in the rivers and love in the lake

Fish-E-Fax #233, 6 November 2008
-Black market sales land fishers in hot water
- Your fishing licence fees at work in Boosey Creek
- Illegal nets threaten bream breeding in the Hopkins River

Fish-E-Fax #232, 23 October 2008
- Anglers required to help monitor key fisheries
- Fishing licence fees show return from stockings at Eildon Pondage
- Jail sentence and fine for illegal Bass yabby operation
- Fishy Fact – Luderick

Fish-E-Fax #231, 9 October 2008
- Come join the fun at Jubilee Lake
- Port Phillip Bay illegal netters fined $1000
- Stocking summary – September 2008
- Fishy Fact – Macquarie perch

Fish-E-Fax #230, 25 September 2008
- Perfect time to catch a trout these school holidays
- Fisheries bushfire recovery project report released
- Midnight bust: Six caught at Cape Schank with hundreds of shellfish
- Fishy Fact: Freshwater catfish

Fish-E-Fax #229, 11 September 2008
- Trout season opening and closing of Murray cod season
- Three caught at Warneet with more than 900 Bass yabbies
- Stocking summary – August 2008
- Fishy fact – Scallops

Fish-E-Fax #228, 28 August 2008
- Victorian Murray cod fishery Management Arrangements Paper
- West Gippsland Fishery Management Plan released
- Lakes anglers face heavy penalties for over fishing
- Fishers comment on proposed changes
- Fishy Fact - Gippsland (Southern) spiny freshwater cray

Fish-E-Fax #227, 14 August 2008
- New fishing cards help kids get the picture
- Fishing licence fees take steps to better access
- Stocking Summary – July 2008

Fish-E-Fax #226, 31 July 2008
- Assessing the status of Victorian snapper stocks
- Fishing licence fees to increase but benefits continue
- Fishy Fact – silver trevally and the doctor

Fish-E-Fax #225, 18 July 2008
- Fish survey of Kerang lakes looks positive for anglers
- Newcomers go fishing at Jubilee and Kennington
- $45, 000 in scallop fines and penalties
- Fishy Fact – Tench (Doctor fish)

Fish-E-Fax #224, 3 July 2008
- Junior anglers have some great holiday options
- Study reveals Murray cod survive well after release
- Three charged with taking spiny freshwater crayfish
- Fishy Fact – Port Jackson shark

Fish-E-Fax #223, 19 June 2008
- More than 830,000 native fish stocked in Victorian lakes and rivers
- Fisheries officers net illegal fishermen at Carrum beach
- Illegal fishing activity detected in Port - Phillip Bay – 10 to be charged and boats and equipment seized
- Fishy Fact – Redfin

Fish-E-Fax #222, 5 June 2008
- Fishers urged to have their say about proposed changes
- Have your say on fisheries consultative arrangements
- You can help stop the spread of marine pests
- Fishy Fact – Blue throat wrasse

Fish-E-Fax #221, 22 May 2008
- Family fishing fun had at Lake Hyland
- Boat seized at Newport after tip-off from the public
- Phone call nets fish thieves in Yarra River
- Fishy fact – Southern calamari

Fish-E-Fax #220, 9 May 2008
- Ban extended on taking timber from lakes
- Dodgy fishing licence costs Coburg man $2000
- Open season for spiny freshwater crayfish started
- Fishy fact - gummy shark

Fish-E-Fax #219, 24 April 2008
- Your fishing licence fees at work reveal Murray cod secrets
- Stream classification to be trialled in the north east
- Fishy Fact - King George Whiting

Fish-E-Fax #218, 10 April 2008
-Your fishing licence fees at work in Anderson Inlet
- New size limits for abalone in Victoria's south west
- Lake Hume temporary boat speed restriction introduced

Fish-E-Fax #217, 27 March 2008
- Anglers monitor success of re-snagging project
- Come join the fun at Lake Hyland
- Enhanced Recreational Fishing Program website launched

Fish-E-Fax #216, 13 March 2008
- Ban extended on taking Glenelg spiny freshwater crayfish
- Melbourne men facing abalone stealing charges
- Black bream - 'Know your catch' brochure

Fish-E-Fax #215, 29 February 2008
- Native fish thieves land stiff penalties
- Angling access to Martha Cove
- Undersize snapper hidden in fishing boat

Fish-E-Fax #214, 14 February 2008
- Corangamite Draft Fishery Management Plan released for public comment.
- Charges for illegal native fish catch at lake Mokoan
- More than 60 people caught in Port Phillip Bay shellfish blitz

Fish-E-Fax #213, 31 January 2008
- Bass yabby bait bust
- Almost 200,000 trout stocked in 2007 despite the drought
- Help protect Victoria's most valuable shellfish this summer

Fish-E-Fax #212, 17 January 2008
- Your fishing licence fees at work in Clifton Creek
- Victorian Waters to get a million Murray cod and golden perch
- 270,000 Rainbow Trout Released into Victorian Lakes

Fish-E-Fax #211, 13 December 2007
- Minister Helper applauds fishing's 'reel scientist'
- Murray cod season opening 1 December
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #210, 6 December 2007
- Minister Helper applauds fishing's 'reel scientist'
- Murray cod season opening 1 December
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #209, 22 November 2007
- Released bream and snapper have bright prospects
- Tagged snapper recaptured seven years later
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #208, 8 November 2007
- New fish length ruler
- Have your say on Melbourne's Inland Fishery Management Plan
- Public comment sought for the Draft West Gippsland Fishery Management Plan

Fish-E-Fax #207, 29 October 2007
- Seagrass habitats crucial to fish production in Corner Inlet
- The BIA tackles the marine pest problem
- Pilot telephone survey to estimate recreational fishing catches in coastal Victoria - coming to a close

Fish-E-Fax #206, 11 October 2007
-Reduced bag limit at four of the five Premier Lakes
-Great Outdoors and Fishing Expo 2007
-Abalone collection ban to continue
-Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #205, 1 October 2007
- Snapper fishing controls tightened
- North East Fishery Management Plan released
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #204, 13 September 2007
-Angling for more native fish in the lower Goulburn
- Measure your snapper to estimate its weight
- Fisheries Victoria listens to all recreational concerns

Fish-E-Fax #203, 30 August 2007
- Go Fishing in Victoria Family Fishing event dates for September
- Daily catch limit introduced for Bass yabbies
- $5 Million boost for boating safety and facilities

Fish-E-Fax #202, 16 August 2007
- Responsible fishing to protect wildlife
- Licence-funded Tarwin River fishing platforms completed
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #201, 2 August 2007
- Your fishing licence fees at work at Barwon Heads
- Get a handle on Murray cod catches
- 2007/08 Central zone recreational abalone open days

Fish-E-Fax #200, 20 July 2007
- Fines issued for illegal fishing in Gippsland rivers
- Australian Trout Foundation tables their Trout Policy
- Rivers/Stream Classification - NFA and ATF working together
- Know your limits pocket cards in foreign languages
- Water level update

Fish-E-Fax #199, 5 July 2007
- Lake Tyers opens for the first time in nine years
- Boat speed restriction lifted at Lake Hume
- Families brave the cold for some family fishing fun at Bendigo
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #198, 21 June 2007
- Family Fishing Events at Bendigo and Lilydale
- Location Vital for Goulburn River Trout 'Homebodies'
- Water Level Update

Fish-E-Fax #197, 8 June 2007
- Premier Lake Family Fishing Festival Success
- Recreational abalone fishing open days for the 2006/07 season
- Fisheries Victoria inspecting illegal use of opera house nets
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #196, 24 May 2007
- $47 million to enhance recreational fishing opportunities for Victorians
- Release of the Lake Tyers Fisheries Reserve Management Plan
- Amendment to Fish-e-Fax Issue 194

Fish-E-Fax #195, 10 May 2007
- Recreational Snapper Management - Have your say
- Go Fishing in Victoria Free Family Fishing Festival - Eildon
- Fish stocking accelerated as a result of on-going drought conditions
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #194, 26 April 2007
- Native fish win over carp in drought conditions
- Check out our new products page
- 2006/07 Native Fish Stocking Summary
- Fish production and stocking management
- Victorian water level update

Fish-E-Fax #193, 17 April 2007
- Abalone control measures continue in the southwest
- Commonwealth grants double your project money
- Fishing safety advice
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #192, 29 March 2007
- Go Fishing in Victoria - Family Fishing Event dates
- Results from an assessment of Victorian rock lobster stocks
- Free brochure describing management of Native Fish in Victoria
- Abalone virus update

Fish-E-Fax #191, 16 March 2007
- A welcomed boost for native stocks
- Blue-green algae - information for anglers
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #190, 1 March 2007
- Glenelg spiny freshwater crayfish interim closure
- Compliance round-up
- Quality brown trout for those who wait

Fish-E-Fax #189, 15 February 2007
- Drought triggered fish liberations
- Illegal take bears the brunt of the law
- Daughterless Carp Project
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #188, 1 February 2007
- Dusky flathead and Gippsland Lakes bream regulation extension
- Good survival rates of undersize black bream
- Abalone disease information page
- Urban river fish and eel warning
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #187, 21 December 2006
- Applications for stocking funding coming to a close
- Have your say - Corangamite Fishery Management Plan
- Stocking update
- Wishing a Merry Christmas to all readers

Fish-E-Fax #186, 8 December 2006
-Murray cod stocking supporting the fishery for open season
-Inpersonating Fisheries Officers
-Large trout stocked into Lake Eildon
- Stocking update

Fish-E-Fax #185, 23 November 2006
-Promoting our business at the Great Outdoors and Fishing Expo
-Open season for two popular marine species
-Managing the rock lobster fishery
-Bagging the 'big reds' in Port Phillip Bay
-Vacancy at VRFish

Fish-E-Fax #184, 9 November 2006
-Victoria's Premier Rivers ready for angling action
-Public comment sought for the Draft Lake Tyers Fisheries Reserve
-Management Plan
-Compliance update
-Make a difference within your fishery

Fish-E-Fax #183, 26 October 2006
-The new Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide hooks anglers
-Boosting boat safety and improving facilities for recreational anglers
-Fisheries Officers pounce on poachers

Fish-E-Fax #182, 12 October 2006
-Have your say - West Gippsland Fishery Management Plan
-Public comment sought for the Draft North East Fishery Management Plan
-Great Outdoors and Fishing Expo 2006
-August stocking figures

Fish-E-Fax #181, 29 September 2006
-A successful bream tracking study leads to similar research with dusky flathead
-Sharing the benefit in Premier Lakes
-Release of Mallacoota Inlet Fisheries Management Plan
-July stocking figures

Fish-E-Fax #180, 14 September 2006
-"Go Fishing in Victoria" - Lillydale Lake event timetable
-Making a presence on trout opening weekend
-Native fish numbers on the rise
-Eel warning for Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers
-Water level update

Fish-E-Fax #179, 31 August 2006
-"Go Fishing in Victoria" event - Lillydale Lake to host free family fishing day
-Reminder for abalone fishers
-Trout season in rivers opens for business
-June stocking figures
-Revitalising fishing in the Lower Avon River

Fish-E-Fax #178, 18 August 2006
-Your fishing licence fees at work
-Secret sex life of Murray cod exposed -Fishing control measures for abalone -Complience round-up

Fish-E-Fax #177, 3 August 2006 -Increased abalone theft results in reduced bag limits
-Routine inspections uncover an illegal fisher
-Surry River update
-July stocking figures

Fish-E-Fax #175, 6 July 2006
-Predicting King George whiting stocks
-Large numbers of yelloweye mullete visit Geelong's shores
-Enforcement news
-Water level update
-Murray cod - this is more like it

Fish-E-Fax #174, 22 June 2006
- Premier Site program
- Salmonid season closes - but opportunities still abound!
- Controls to limit abalone virus spread in Victoria's South-west
- May stocking figures
- Changes to salmonid regulations - Sea-run rivers and Lake Purrumbete

Fish-E-Fax #173, 9 June 2006
- A reminder for recreational abalone divers
- Assisting with fish movement
- School holiday trout stocking
- May stocking figures
- Blue-green algae warning for Lake Eppalock

Fish-E-Fax #172, 25 May 2006
- Pilot Survey of recreational fishing in coastal Victoria, 2006/07
- Enforcement News
- Abalone bag limit reduction considered
- Victorian lakes water level update

Fish-E-Fax #170, 27 April 2006
- Public comment sought for Glenelg Hopkins Fisheries Management Plan
- New era of fish stocking
- Loddon River access improvedd for all
- Enforcement news
- New Casey Weir fishway

Fish-E-Fax #169, 13 April 2006
- New three year recreational fishing licence available
- Record southern bluefin tuna off Portland
- Summary of March 2006 fish stockings

Fish-E-Fax #168, 30 March 2006
- Predicting Port Philip Bay snapper seasons
- Enforcement News
- Summary of February 2006 fish stockings

Fish-E-Fax #167, 16 March 2006
- Public comment sought for Mallacoota Inlet Fisheries Reserve Management Plan
- Fishing great and here to stay
- Catch a carp day
- 13-FISH Reporting line hooks hundreds of illegal fishers
- Enforcement News

Fish-E-Fax #166, 2 March 2006
- World first for Murray Cod
- Victorian Water Level Update
- Blue Green Algae Update
- Enforcement News
- Goulburn River Health Boost
- Fishcare for freshwater catfish this summer

Fish-E-Fax #165, 16 February2006
- Start of the year - Time for Fisheries Victoria to start stocking native fish
- Recreational abalone fishing days close
- HAVE YOUR SAY - North East Fishery Management Plan

Fish-E-Fax #164, 2 February2006
- Voluntary buy-back - Big win for recreational fishers
- Regional recreational fisheries meetings give fishers a say
- Fisheries Officers catch illegal netters
- Native fish flourish in Barmah-Millewa forest floods
- Farm water for fish in Victorian rivers

Fish-E-Fax #163, 19 January 2006
- More fish for Eildon Pondage and Eildon Lake
- Lake Mokoan has got the Blues
- Fyans fish out
- Carp screens at Rocklands reservoir
Enforcement outcomes

Fish-E-Fax #162, 16 January 2006
- November Fish Stocking
- 34 days of Abalone for Summer holidays
- Marine Safety Victoria introduces on-water presence

Fish-E-Fax #161, 22 December 2005
- Limits continue on dusky flathead and Gippsland Lakes bream stocks
- Blue-green algae advice for Torgunnah Lagoon
- Flathead Survival Project - Preliminary results
- Enforcement outcomes

Fish-E-Fax #160, 8 December 2005
- HAVE YOUR SAY Lake Tyers Fisheries Reserve Management Plan
- Inspection reveals undersize bream
- Murray cod season open
- Port Phillip Bay anglers see red

Fish-E-Fax #159, 24 November 2005
- $3.2 million win for Recreational Fishing
- The Rock Lobster season opens
- Early Golden Perch for Lake Hume
- October Fish Stocking
-2005 Fisheries Victoria Fishing Show quiz for kids
- Assessment of fish communities in the Wimmera

Fish-E-Fax #158, 10 November 2005
- Money for Fishing Clubs - $2,500 Grants for local recreation clubs to get active
- Likely Fish Stock Reduction in Dwindling Lake Fyans
- Flushing flows for forest and fish
- Works completed on the Bemm River floating jetty

Fish-E-Fax #157, 27 October 2005
- Fisheries Victoria on Show
- Native Fish Production
- The Peter Dundas-Smith Leadership Scholarship
- Duck Weed fish threat eases in Broken Creek
- Catch a Carp
- Enforcement outcomes

Fish-E-Fax #156, 13 October 2005
- Recreational Fishing Grant Program
- Lake Fyans: Drying up
- Translocation of Fish in Victorian Inland Public Waters
- River Works Assist Local Bream Populations
- Enforcement outcome

Fish-E-Fax #155, 29 September 2005
- Rainbow trout for school holidays
- Gravel Mine Rehabilitation on the Delatite River
- Lake Mokoan fisherman hit with $800 fine

Fish-E-Fax #154, 16 September 2005
- Fish Production back 'In House'
- Recreational Fishing Guide keeps fishers hooked
- Voluntary Licence Buyback for Victorian Bay and Inlet Commercial Fisheries
- Summary of July 2005 Salmonid fish stockings

Fish-E-Fax #153, 1 September 2005
- New regulations for recreational abalone fishing
- 2005 Regional Fisheries Consultations Meeting Outcomes Now Available

Fish-E-Fax #151, 4 August 2005
- Fishers Called to Action to Stop Marine Pests Spreading
- More trout and salmon fish stockings
- Abalone Traffickers Face Bans, Fines
- Enforcement outcomes

Fish-E-Fax #150, 21 July 2005
- Unauthorised River Mouth Opening Results in Major Fishkill
- Enforcement Outcomes
- Lake Hume - Stocking Stepped Up
- Channel Deepening Project - Next Steps
- The Low-down on Carp in Rocklands Reservoir and the Glenelg River

Fish-E-Fax #149, 7 July 2005
- Fish stocked for school holidays
- 'Is my fish worth than yours?' - Valuing alternative uses of Victoria's Bay and Inlet Fisheries Resources
- Anglers Reminded to 'Know Their Limits' when Fishing for Eels

Fish-E-Fax #148, 23 June 2005
- Communities Help by Reporting Illegal Fishing
- Interim Public Warning
- Tagged Snapper Recaptured after 1931 days of Liberation
- Suspended Jail Sentence and Heavy Fines for Bream Poachers
- Enforcement Outcomes
- Victorian Water Level Update

Fish-E-Fax #147, 9 June 2005
- New Recreational Abalone Fishing Regulations
- Voluntary Licence Buyback for Victorian Bay and Inlet Commercial Fisheries
- HAVE YOUR SAY- Glenelg Hopkins Fishery Management Plan and Mallacoota Inlet Fisheries Reserve Management Plan

Fish-E-Fax #146, 26 May2005
- Release of Trout Fishing Brochure
- Lake Hume Fisheries Fines
- Restaurant Raids Net Alleged Abalone Traffickers
- Fishcare's 2005 Catch, Tag and Release a Bream Day
- Discarded Fishing Line Poses Threat to Birds

Fish-E-Fax #145, 12 May2005
- Murray's Lock 8 Fishway Experiencing Heavy Traffic
- Enforcement News
- Reporting on 13FISH helps Fisheries Officers
- Spiny Freshwater Crayfish Season Opens North of the Great Dividing Range

Fish-E-Fax #144, 28 April 2005
- 2004/05's Recreational Fishing Grant Program (RFGP)
- Enforcement News
- Victorian Water Level Update

Fish-E-Fax #143, 14 April 2005
- Inland Fish Habitat Protection Extended
- Victoria Seeks Living Murray Agreement
- Easter Fishers Following the Rules
- Channel Deepening Project Subject to Further Investigation

Fish-E-Fax #142, 31 March 2005
- Tagged Dusky Flathead Ventures Offshore
- Improved River Health Proposed at Nelson
- Lake Modewarre Fishkill
- Abalone Enforcement News

Fish-E-Fax #141, 17 March 2005
- 'Carpwatch' program in the Glenelg River
- 2004/05's Recreational Fishing Grant Program (RFGP)
- Enforcement News
- Victorian Water Level Update

Fish-E-Fax #140, 3 March 2005
- Black Bream & Estuary Perch Ruler Guides
- Port Phillip Bay Enforcement News
- Plans to Upgrade Eildon's Dam Spillway
- Victorian Water Level Update

Fish-E-Fax #139, 17 February 2005
- Tracking Gippsland Bream
- Closed Season Cod Costs Money
- Hopkins River Bream Recaptures

Fish-E-Fax #138, 3 February 2005
- Poachers Netted in Fisheries Ambush
- Tightlines for Camperdown Anglers

Fish-E-Fax #137, 20 January 2005
- $900,000 to Safeguard East Gippsland Heritage Rivers
- Inland Enforcement News
- National Strategy for the Survival of Release Line Caught Fish

Fish-E-Fax #136, 6 January 2005
- Journeys of a Lake Eildon Golden Perch
- Improved Life Jacket Laws Will Save Lives
- Recreational Fishing from Charter and Hire Boats and with Fishing Guides

Fish-E-Fax #135, 23 December 2004
- Community Support Needed to Stem Native Fish Poaching
- Limits Continue on Dusky Flathead and Gippsland Lakes Bream Stocks
- Mosquito Borne Disease- Avoid Getting Bitten by Mosquitoes

Fish-E-Fax #134, 9 December 2004
- Season Opening for Murray Cod
- Tagged Snapper and Australian Salmon Recaptured in Port Phillip Bay
- Enforcement Outcomes
- Victorian Water Level Update

Fish-E-Fax #133, 25 November 2004
- Eildon Pondage Stocking & Research
- New DPI Marine Research Centre Opens at Queenscliff
- New Boating Safety Officers Take to the Water

Fish-E-Fax #132, 11 November 2004
- Trout Assessment Results from Bushfire Affected Rivers
- High Compliance Rates amongst Port Phillip Bay Recreational Anglers
- Lake Hume Poacher Caught

Fish -E-Fax #131, 28 October2004
- Snapper Poacher Fined $3,000
- New base to Protect Peninsula Fisheries
- Fish, Chips and Radios Lead to a National Science Award
- North East Trout Enforcement

Fish-Fax #130, 14 October 2004
- More Water, More Trout Stocking
$3,000 fine for Illegally Fishing in the Yarra River
- Grants Available to Improve Victoria's Recreational Fishing
- VRFish Fishing Code of Conduct

Fish-Fax #129, 30 September 2004
- Recreational Fishing Guide 2004/05 Released
- Jail Term for Convicted Abalone Trafficker
- Micro-chipped Native Fish lead to Substantial Fine
- Subscribe On-line to Fish-E-Fax

Fish-Fax #128, 16 September 2004
- Trout Stocking Marks Adoption of Lake Hume by Victoria
- Record Small Waters Trout Stocking
- Corangamite Catch-a-Carp Fishing Days

Fish-Fax #127, 2 September 2004
- Dartmouth Macquarie Perch and Glenelg Spiny Crayfish Regulation Changes
- 2004/2005 Boating Safety & Facilities Program
- Proposed Changes to Recreational Abalone Fishing Regulations- Have Your Say!
- River Murray Fishways
- Loddon River Catchment Management Improvements

Fish-Fax #126, 19 August 2004
- Fishing Licences Fund 40 Projects Worth $1 Million
- Extension to Rocklobster Season
- 31 Year Old Bream Caught from the Hopkins
- Enforcement Outcomes

Fish-Fax #125, 5 August 2004
- Lilydale Lake Trout Stocking Success
- Enforcement Outcomes
- Recreational Boating Facilities Plan for Port Phillip and Western Port
- $ 1 Million Boost Wimmera River Environmental Flows

Fish-Fax #124, 22 July 2004
- Fisheries Survey Confirms Big Trout on Offer at Lake Fyans Lake Mokoan to be Decommissioned

Fish-Fax #123, 8 July 2004
- Big Boost for Boating Facilities and Marine Safety
- Government Announces "Our Water Our Future"
- Enforcement Outcomes

Fish-Fax #122, 24 June 2004
- A Simpler Life for Hume and Mulwala Anglers
- Wimmera River Native Fish Stocking
- Fisheries Co-Management Council Committees

Fish-Fax #121, 10 June 2004
- Fish Stocking Continues Despite Drought
- Fishcare Bream Tagging Program in the Hopkins River

Fish-Fax #120, 27 May 2004
- Greater Protection for Port Phillip Bay's Dolphins Proposed
- Gippsland Bream Stocking Completed
- Fisheries Enforcement News
- Victoria Water Level Update

Fish-Fax #119, 13 May 2004
- 13FISH Offence Reporting Hotline
- Clifton Creek Fish Kill in Gippsland
- Victoria's Top 10 Angling Finfish

Fish-Fax #118, 29 April 2004
- Bream Stocking in Gippsland Lakes
- Fish-Fax Distribution Targets Angling Clubs
- Lake Kerford Fish Survey
- Inland Fish Habitat Protection Extended

Fish-Fax #117, 15 April 2004
- On-line Guide to Angling Waters Launched
- Introduction to Fishing- Westernport Fishcare
- Goldfish Used as Live Bait in Illegal Yarra Fishing
- Lake Boga Native Fish Stocking

Fish-Fax #116, 1 April 2004
- Goulburn River Environmental Audit
- Did You Know?
- Help Reduce the Spread of Aquatic Pest Species
- Marine Safety Victoria- Personal Flotation Devices
- Melbourne Water Report- "Melbourne's Rivers and Creeks 2004"

Fish-Fax #114, 4 March 2004
- Victorian Recreational Fishing Expenditure
- Enforcement News
- Fisheries Co-Management Council Committees

Fish-Fax #113, 5 February 2004
- Lake Bullen Merri Fish Kill
- Researchers Track Behaviour of Trout in the Goulburn River
- Recreational Fishing Grant Program 2003/04- Application closing date
- Sydney Men Convicted of Abalone Theft

Fish-Fax #112, 5 February 2004
- Lake Bullen Merri Fish Survey
- Public Consultation Commences on Anderson Inlet Fishery Management Plan

Fish-Fax #111, 23 January 2004
- Co-operative Response to Native Fish Kill in the Goulburn River

Fish-Fax #110, 22 January 2004
- Gippsland Australian Bass - Update
- Fisheries Victoria's Education and Information Products
- What Happens to the Ones That Get Away?
Fish-Fax #109, 15 January 2004
Anderson Inlet Fishery Management Plan -Have Your Say!

Fish-Fax #108, 8 January 2004
- Getting Tough on Illegal Fishing - 13 FISH Fisheries Offences Reporting System
- VICTAG News - Estuary Perch and Dusky Flathead Tag Recaptures
- Estuary Perch Movement and Habitat Use in the Snowy River
- Victoria Water Level Update

Fish-Fax #107, 18 December 2003
- New species-specific Catch Limits for Dusky Flathead in Victoria
- Tighter Fishing Controls to Protect Gippsland Lakes Bream
- Enforcement News

Fish-Fax #106, 11 December 2003
- Recreational Fishing Licence Fee Increases
- Eildon Pondage Trout Stocking
- Illegal Stocking at Lake Wendoree?

Fish-Fax #105, 27 November 2003
- Changes to Regulations for Recreational Shark, Rock Lobster and Eel Fishing.
- Fisheries Assessments Commence in Bushfire Affected Areas.
- Managing Victoria's Bays and Inlets -What's the Catch?

Fish-Fax #104, 13 November 2003
- Microchips Catch Out Native Fish Thieves
- Don't Succumb to 'Red Fever' This Snapper Season
- Donated Silver Perch and Freshwater Catfish into Wimmera River

Fish-Fax #103, 30 October 2003
- Snapper Report Released
- Tagged Snapper Recapture
- Stocking Fish Into Private Water

Fish-Fax #102, 16 October 2003
- Fishing Week
- Fisheries Enforcement News
- Green Paper for Water Reform
- Victorian Water Level Update
- Fishing Show and Outdoor Expo

Fish-Fax #101, 2 October 2003
-Prison Sentence Over Golden Perch Haul
- Recreational Fishing Grants Program 2003/2004
- Closed Season Reminders
- Have your say on the Green Paper for Water Reform
- Big BrownTrout

Fish-Fax #100, 18 September 2003
- New 24 hour illegal fishing hotline -13FISH (133 474)
- Proposed Ammendments to Recreational Rock Lobster and Shark Fishing regulations
- Small Waters Trout Stocking Program

Fish-Fax #99, 4 September 2003
- Victoria's Rivers Open Again to Trout Fishing
- RFL Funds Native Fish Research in Lake Nagambie
- Murray Crayfish Closed Season Reminder
- Recreational Fishing Licence Changes
- Reminder - Murray Cod Closed Season Commences
- Victorian Water Level Update

Fish-Fax #98, 21 August 2003
- Monitoring Freshwater Fisheries - Creel Surveys
- Non Authorised Possession of Drum Nets
- How Well Do Hooked Fish Survive After Release?

Fish-Fax #97, 7 August 2003
- National Recreational and Indigenous Fishing Survey
- Port Phillip Bay Spoil Grounds Research

Fish-Fax #96, 24 July 2003
- Victoria Introduces Annual Closed Season for Murray Crayfish
- Waranga Basin Temporarily Closed to the Harvest of Murray Crayfish
- MAFRI Trout Research - Rubicon River

Fish-Fax #95, 10 July 2003
- $1.7 Million of RFL Revenue Funds 53 Recreational Fishing Grants Projects
- 'Fish for the future' Seafood Poster Release
- Fishing for Volunteers

Fish-Fax #94, 26 June 2003
- Understanding the Biology of Carp in Victoria Waters
- Goulburn River Enforcement

Fish-Fax #93, 12 June 2003
- Brown Trout Supply in 2003
- Chinook Salmon Management & Stocking
- MAFRI Research - Snowy River Bass

Fish-Fax #92, 29 May 2003
- Australian Salmon Recapture
- Natural Heritage Trust Funds Fish Habitat Posters
- Alcoa Sponsors Mobile Marine Education Pogram

Fish-Fax #91, 15 May 2003
- MAFRI Research - Tracking Golden Perch in Lake Eildon
- Easter Fisheries Compliance in Northern Victoria
- Port Phillip Bay Channel Deepening - Environmental Impact Assessment Update

Fish-Fax #90, 1 May 2003
- Native Fish Stocking Summary - 2002/2003 Season
- NSW and Tasmania Trout Added to Victorian Hatchery
- 3 Year MAFRI Carp Study Released
- Fisheries Enforcement News

Fish-Fax #89, 16 April 2003
- Commercial Netting Licences Cancelled in Mallacoota Inlet and Lake Tyers
- Victorian Snapper Tag Recapture in NSW
- Eildon Pondage Trout Stocking Resumes for Easter
- Fisheries Enforcement News

Fish-Fax #88, 3 April 2003
- Drought Closes Lake Charlegrark to Fishing
- Fisheries Enforcement
- Lake Mokoan - Interium Report Released
- MAFRI Research - Morwell River Trout Survey

Fish-Fax #87, 20 March 2003
- Australian Bass Stockings in Gisppsland
- Fisheries Officers Seize Boat, Equipment and Fish
- Reporting Suspected Illegal Fishing Activity
- Free Abalone Measuring Tool
- Waterwatch Release River Education Package for Schools

Fish-Fax #86, 6 March 2003
- Recreational Fisheries Bushfire Program
- Port Phillip Bay Channel Deepening Project - Community Consultation
- Reporting the Capture of Tagged Fish

Fish-Fax #85, 20 February 2003
Protecting Fish Habitat During Drought
- Victorian Water Level Update
- MAFRI Research Update - King George Whiting
- Fisheries Enforcement News

Fish-Fax #84, 6 February 2003
- Yearling Murray Cod Stocking Trial Expands Following Commercial Buy-out
- Draft Management Plan -Rock Lobster and Giant Crab
- MAFRI Research - Snapper

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