Table 1

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Objective Strategy Actions Performance Indicator Target Schedule Responsibility
Biological - To conserve and ensure sustainable use of key fish stocks across the inland Glenelg Hopkins Fishery. Strategy 1 - Demonstrate the sustainable use of key recreational fish species. Fisheries Victoria to seek funding to recruit research angler diarists for black bream and estuary perch in the Hopkins River and Glenelg River estuaries, and mulloway in the Glenelg River estuary. Bag and size limits are reviewed in accordance with information that is collected as part of the research angler diary program. The recreational harvest of key recreational estuarine species is sustainably managed in response to information collected from monitoring programs. Ongoing. To begin in first year of declaring the GHFMP subject to funding. Fisheries Victoria
   Fisheries Victoria to develop an ongoing monitoring program that will collect information on angler visitor numbers over time, in estuaries of the Glenelg Hopkins Fishery. Data is systematically collected on visitor numbers for all estuaries and is being reviewed annually. Fisheries monitoring programs and control measures are adjusted in response to angling pressure. Ongoing. To begin in the first year of declaring the GHFMP. Fisheries Victoria
   Fisheries Victoria, in partnership with the GHCMA and DSE, to seek funding to establish a monitoring program, to inform development of a population model, to assess the sustainability of the current recreational harvest of Glenelg spiny crayfish. Recommendations made on the appropriateness of current bag and size limits in accordance with information that is collected from the Glenelg spiny crayfish monitoring program. Bag and size limits are adjusted to manage the sustainable harvest of Glenelg spiny crayfish. Funding application within the first twelve months of declaring the GHFMP. Fisheries Victoria/DSE/ GHCMA
Social - To maintain and where possible enhance recreational fishing opportunities across the inland Glenelg Hopkins Fishery. Strategy 2 - Maintain stockenhanced fisheries within the Glenelg Hopkins Fishery. Fisheries Victoria to continue to stock fish in support of recreational fishing in suitable waters as agreed at annual South West Regional Recreational Fisheries Consultation meetings. Stocking programs managed consistent with Guidelines for the Translocations of Live Aquatic Organisms in Victoria and Protocols for the Translocation of Fish in Victorian Inland Public Waters, and outcomes of South West Regional Recreational Fishing Consultation meetings. Existing brown trout and rainbow trout fisheries are maintained subject to environmental constraints. Ongoing Fisheries Victoria
  Strategy 5 - Improve access to fisheries resources. VRFish to liaise with anglers, land managers and water authorities to identify and submit applications for new, or upgrade of existing, boat launching facilities identified during the planning process.    Ongoing VRFish
   VRFish to engage relevant land managers to promote road and track access for important recreational fishing locations within the Glenelg Hopkins Fishery.    Ongoing VRFish
   VRFish to engage local government to promote the maintenance of angler access through the development of policies that will recognise the importance of maintaining access to estuarine environments.    Ongoing VRFish
   VRFish to implement policy actions in its Access for Recreational Fishing to improve anglers' understanding of their rights to access land adjoining recreational fisheries.     
   VRFish to actively represent the interests of local angling clubs during the decommissioning process of Konongwootong Reservoir to consider options for maintaining and enhancing recreational fishing values in the future management of the reservoir.     
Environmental - To promote protection of the habitats and environments which are essential for production or maintenance of fisheries resources across the inland Glenelg Hopkins Fishery. Strategy 3 - Identify habitat requirements of key recreational target species. Fisheries Victoria to undertake a literature review and gap analysis of the habitat and environmental conditions required to sustain the production (spawning, recruitment, survival, growth and movement) of black bream, mulloway and estuary perch. Information collated on the production requirements of black bream, mulloway and estuary perch, is provided to the GHCMA to inform reviews of the RRHS and Estuary Management Plans, and is used in the Estuary Entrance Management Decision Framework. Information on the production needs of key recreational estuarine species is being used by the GHCMA in their policy development and investment programs. Complete within the first two years of declaring the plan. Fisheries Victoria
   Fisheries Victoria to develop monitoring and research priorities for consideration by the Glenelg Hopkins Fishery Reference Group. Information gaps identified and reviewed, and priorities for further research are considered by the Glenelg Hopkins Fishery Reference Group.   Funding application within the first twelve months of declaring the GHFMP. Fisheries Victoria
   Fisheries Victoria, DSE and GHCMA to collect information on in]stream and riparian habitat data for Glenelg spiny crayfish during monitoring programs established in Strategy 1.     Fisheries Victoria, DSE & GHCMA
  Strategy 4 - Support programs for the management of pest species. Fisheries Victoria to continue to assist in implementing the current Glenelg River Carp Management Plan as appropriate and participate in its review in 2006, and assist in the development of management options in the Hopkins Basin where key fisheries resources are considered at risk. Fisheries Victoria responsible actions implemented in the Glenelg River Carp Management Plan within agreed timeframes. Fisheries Victoria is engaged in the process to minimise risks of carp impacting key estuarine recreational fisheries. Ongoing, subject to resource availability. Fisheries Victoria (and other agencies, including GHCMA)