October 26, 2020
Nearly $3 million dollars of Federal Government funding will flow to Victoria for 9 exciting coastal and marine fish habitat restoration projects.
We welcome the investment in our marine and coastal habitat which will deliver more snags and ‘fish hotels’, restore vital living shellfish reef, mangroves and seagrass habitats and healthier waterways.
Recreational fishers are passionate conservationists and are at the forefront of fish habitat restoration efforts. Healthy habitat is vital to making fishing better and providing anglers with more fishing opportunities.
VRFish is offering its support to the implementation of the Fisheries Habitat Restoration Program projects by Victoria’s coastal Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) as well as promoting ways recreational fishers can roll up their sleeves and give back to their fishery.
Our vision to make fishing better through better fish habitat and we are proud of the strong partnerships recreational fishers have with our catchment managers in Victoria.
The projects will benefit habitat that estuarine and coastal recreational species such as black bream, estuary perch, snapper, whiting and flathead rely upon.
Through restoring fish habitat, there will be an immense long-term benefit to recreational fishers through healthy, resilient and more productive fish stocks.
Recreational fishers seeking to become involved in these coastal and marine fish habitat projects are encouraged to make contact with OzFish Unlimited www.ozfish.org.au or the respective Catchment Management Authority.
Fisheries Habitat Restoration Program – Victorian Funded Projects
| Project | Funding | Service Provider |
| Barwon Estuary Fish Habitat Restoration Project | $298,677 | Corangamite CMA |
| Corio Bay Fish Habitat Project | $297,795 | Corangamite CMA |
| Port Phillip Community Shellfish Reef Project | $299,000 | Port Phillip Western Port CMA |
| Reel Big Fish – Western Port | $305,000 | Port Phillip Western Port CMA |
| Snowy River Estuary Fish Habitat Restoration Program | $495,262 | East Gippsland CMA |
| Curdies Estuary Fish Habitat Restoration Project | $298,886 | Corangamite CMA |
| Habitat for the rivers of Warrnambool | $301,795 | Glenelg Hopkins CMA |
| Corner Inlet Posidonia Partnerships: fishers protecting water quality and restoring seagrass | $400,001 | West Gippsland CMA |
| Enhancing estuaries in the Portland Basin | $285,201 | Glenelg Hopkins CMA |
