Current consultation
Contact us with any enquiries about Victoria's Fisheries consultative arrangements.
Consultation | Purpose of consultation | Start/finish date |
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Draft Fisheries (Recreational Abalone Open days) Notice for Victorian central waters for 2025/26 | The VFA is seeking feedback on the proposed Fisheries Notice. The draft Fisheries (Recreational Abalone Open days) Notice 2025/26 outlines the open days where recreational fishers can access the central Victorian waters for the purpose of collecting abalone for the 2025/26 season. Please provide any comments regarding the proposed Fisheries Notice to Anthony McGrath, Abalone Fishery Manager, at anthony.mcgrath@vfa.vic.gov.au by midnight 28 September 2025. | 29 August 2025 to 28 September 2025 |
Draft Fisheries (Gippsland Lakes Black Bream) Notice 2025 | The Victorian Fisheries Authority is seeking feedback on the draft Fisheries (Gippsland Lakes Black Bream) Notice 2025. The Notice aims to roll over existing management arrangements set out in the 2024 Notice. That is the; 1. Continuation of the existing 28 - 38cm slot limit for bream in the Gippsland Lakes and its tributaries; and 2. Continuation of the bag and possession limit of 7 fish per person per day. How to make a submission: Please provide any comments regarding the draft Fisheries Notice to Stephen Beever, Bays and Inlets Fisheries Manager steve.beever@vfa.vic.gov.au Closing date for submissions: Sunday 31 August 2025. | 19 August 2025 to 31 August 2025 |
Sea Urchin Fishery | The VFA is seeking feedback on the draft Further Quota Order (FQO) and draft Fisheries (Black Sea Urchin Recreational Catch Limit and Commercial Operator) Notice 2025. The draft FQO The draft Fisheries Notice How to make a submission: Please provide any comments regarding the draft FQO and draft Fisheries Notice to Candice Harwood, Fishery Manager via email candice.harwood@vfa.vic.gov.au Closing date for submissions: Thursday 12 June 2025. | 21 May 2025 to 12 June 2025 |