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Your Fishing Licence Fees at Work 2001-02
Every year the Recreational Fishing Licence (RFL) Trust Account allocates the fees you pay for your fishing licence to projects that will directly improve recreational fishing in Victoria. In 2001-02 over $650,000 was allocated to 33 Recreational Fishing Grant Program projects outlined below.
In 2001-02 over $650,000 was allocated to 33 projects to improve recreational fishing in Victoria.
| Type of water | Number of projects | RFL revenue funding |
| Inland | 17 | $222,756 |
| Estuarine | 8 | $228,714 |
| Marine | 6 | $182,073 |
| Statewide/ all waters | 2 | $30,730 |
| Total | 33 | $664,273 |
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Other RFL Trust Account Expenditure
During 2001/02 RFL revenue also funded:
- 10 regionally based Fisheries Officers;
- Repayment to State Treasury for the buy-back of commercial fishery access licences in Victoria’s bays and inlets;
- Buy-back of all remaining Inland Fishery Access Licences (IFALs);
- Native fish stocking in the Wimmera and Central Highlands;
- The Victorian Recreational Fishing peak body (VRFish);
- Fisheries Revenue Allocation Committee (FRAC);
- The administration of the RFL and the Recreational Fishing Grant Program;
- RFL sales commissions; and
- RFL- and RFGP-related community information.
Recreational Fishing Grant Program Projects 2001-02
A report is tabled in Parliament in October each year concerning all RFL Trust Account revenue and expenditure. A report is available for revenue spent in 2001/2002 and for previous years.
The following is a summary of projects funded from 2001-02 RFL revenue. These projects are listed under the DPI Region from which the project application emanated. Fish stocking costs are GST-exclusive, rounded to the nearest dollar.
Port Phillip Region ($232,318)
$12,545 to manufacture and install directional signage to Lakes Modewarre, Bullen Merri, Murdeduke, Colac and Purumbete
$16,364 to design, manufacture and install fishing rod holders with bait boards to provide a recreational fishing facility, a disabled fishing facility, and install interpretive signage at Kerford Road Pier, Lagoon Pier, Mornington Pier and South Pier
$10,000 to restore the fishing platform at Anglesea River/ Lions Park
$20,909 (and a commitment to disperse $20,909 in 2002/03) to construct a fishing platform and access boardwalk for fishers of all ages and abilities, and install information signs about the benefits of the riparian zone at Anglesea River Reserve
$4,532 to upgrade the existing facilities on the Yarra River in Newport, and introduce a recreational fishing litter reduction education promotion
$54,802 (and a commitment to disperse $19,180 in 2002/03 and $22,584 in 2003/04) for a study to identify the spawning locations and habitats of King George Whiting along the Victorian coast including Wilson’s Promontory, Phillip Island, Torquay, Apollo Bay, Port Campbell and Portland (view research report summary)
$27,730 to conduct a statewide angler diary program which involves anglers in the monitoring of recreational fisheries
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Gippsland Region ($141,699)
$770 to manufacture and install signage with maps of Lake Tyers and a fish ID chart
$2,530 to manufacture and install signage and a fish cleaning table at Mill Point
$3,080 to manufacture and install signage and a fish cleaning table at the Nowa Nowa Recreation Reserve
$10,591 to construct a fishing platform and boardwalk at Bemm River
$3,818 to build stairs to provide access to fishing sites on Franklin River
$42,910 to clear waterways of exotic vegetation and establish a buffer zone alone the Traralgon Creek bank
$78,000 for the second stage of the Lower Tambo and Mitchell Rivers habitat restoration project
Northern Region ($29,754)
$2,730 to install styles over fences to improve recreational fishers’ access to Barkers Creek Reservoir/ Harcourt North Reservoir and install signage
$14,000 for a study to determine the habitat used by catchable size Brown trout under high and low flow condition
$13,024 to undertake an investigative study of the apparent decline in fish species' diversity and populations in Nagambie lakes
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South West Region ($176,353)
$5,758 to construct a fishing platform, concrete path, and car parking area at Campaspe River, Kyneton
$18,182 to construct fishing jetty with disabled access at Merri River, Ferrier Drive Reserve
$41,182 (and a commitment to disperse $20,591 in 2002/03) to construct accessible fishing platform, shelter and path extension at Hopkins River, Warrnambool
$11,600 for a study into the assessment of fish habitat condition (as part of Glenelg-Hopkins CMA project) to rehabilitate fish habitat in the Glenelg River at Harrow via creation of an artificial buffer storage and re-snagging operations
$40,000 for a pilot study into the application of 'smart tag' technology for Snapper
$20,000 (and a commitment to disperse $10,000 in 2002/03) to conduct a creel survey to assess the reason for increasing or reducing the number of yearling fish stocked at Lake Bullen Merri, Camperdown
$9,090 to study and assess land management practices around Lake Gillear, Allansford, to develop future management strategies to decrease nutrient inputs and improve water quality
Statewide ($3,000)
$3,000 to educate children in correct fishing practices and procedures by conducting Flathead Fred fishing shows in Victoria
Fish Stocking ($81,149)
$21,859 to stock native fish in various waters
$500 to stock 300 Murray cod and 2000 Golden Perch in Lake Anderson, Chiltern
$400 to stock 500 Golden Perch fingerlings in Hanging Rock Lake
$11,670 to stock 10,000 Rainbow Trout yearlings in Tullaroop Reservoir, Maryborough
$2,500 to stock 2,000 Brown Trout fingerlings in Moyne River, Warrnambool
$27,500 to expand stocking of Australian Bass in Lake Glenmaggie, Blue Rock Lake
$5,900 to stock 5,000 yearling Atlantic Salmon in Lake Bullen Merri, Camperdown
$150 to stock 1,000 Golden Perch fingerlings in Goldfields Reservoir, Maryborough
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Additional Projects
In September 2002, the Minister announced the funding of 12 new RFGP projects, and extra funding for one existing project, totalling in excess of $169,000. Total RFL revenue disbursed or committed to 45 RFGP projects in 2002 exceeds $833,000.
$19,265 to construct all-weather access track and parking areas to access the La Trobe River, Sale
$7,894 to seal a dirt road providing access to southern shore of Lake Bullen Merri and jetty, Camperdown
$13,410 to construct a fishing jetty at Curdies River, Curdievale
$3,780 to remove combungi to provide better access for junior recreational fishers and install signage at Seagull Paddock Lake, Geelong
$8,400 to repair, upgrade and improve access track to La Trobe River, Heart Morass, State Game Reserve
$5,455 to rebuild the jetty at Blind Bight jetty, Westernport, to provide access for disabled recreational fishers and rebuild the fish cleaning bench
$4,090 to replace the existing jetty at Anglesea River/ Maid Marions
$1,400 to install a fish screen to prevent escape of carp and stocked fish in Lake Bolac
$10,000 to stock Murray cod in Western and Northern district waters
$20,000 to enable six Bellarine Peninsula secondary schools to participate in the science involved in re-establishing populations of native estuarine fish (black bream) in areas where they have been depleted
$14,546 as additional funding for the pilot study into the application of 'smart tag' technology for snapper
$20,000 for a study to determine angler catch at Eildon Pondage and what proportion of the catch results from stocked fish, and angler attitudes/ opinions on fishing and management of fishery
$41,390 for a study to assess the level of mortality of under-sized snapper and black bream caught and released by recreational fishers in Port Phillip Bay and Gippsland Lake (view research report summary)
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