{"id":6197,"date":"2020-08-06T14:39:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T03:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/?p=6197"},"modified":"2020-08-06T18:05:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T07:05:01","slug":"pier-funding-boost-to-enhance-landbased-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/2020\/08\/06\/pier-funding-boost-to-enhance-landbased-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pier Funding Boost to Enhance Landbased Fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>VRFish, the recreational fishing peak body in Victoria, welcomes the Victorian Government\u2019s investment in our piers and jetties through the&nbsp;<em>Better Piers and Waterside Facilities&nbsp;<\/em>program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VRFish Chairperson, Mr. Rob Loats, said \u201cOur jetties and pier infrastructure is critical for recreational fishing as it allows access for all ages and abilities and a focal point for thousands of fishers.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor families and those that don\u2019t have a boat, our piers and jetties are the lifeblood for fishers to access deeper water and where the fish are biting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VRFish commends the Victorian Government\u2019s commitment of $24-million to the&nbsp;<em>Better Piers and Waterside Facilities&nbsp;<\/em>program, including $10-million to redevelop the much-loved Altona Pier.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have already received an overwhelmingly positive response from recreational fishers about the Victorian Government\u2019s commitment for a major upgrade of Altona Pier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Altona Pier is a&nbsp;highly visited land-based fishing location, especially during the annual snapper run.&nbsp;Recreational fishers are being asked to have their say on the new design to ensure it will enhance their fishing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFishers are telling us they have a preference for the T-shape design as it allows for substantially more fishing space at the end of the jetty and will improve their fishing experience.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is vitally important that recreational fishers have their say on the design options through an <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.vic.gov.au\/altona-pier-design-options\">online survey on the Engage Victoria website<\/a> before <strong>August 19<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VRFish, the recreational fishing peak body in Victoria, welcomes the Victorian Government\u2019s investment in our piers and jetties through the&nbsp;Better Piers and Waterside Facilities&nbsp;program.&nbsp; VRFish Chairperson, Mr. Rob Loats, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[569,37,421,570],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6197"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6199,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6197\/revisions\/6199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}