Appendix 4
Goulburn-Broken Fishery Management Plan 2011
| Objective | Strategy | Target | Action | Performance Indicator | Primary Party | Secondary Party | Implementation Schedule | Estimated budget/ Funding Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy 1 Implement the Goulburn Broken Fishery Management Plan | Coordinated and effective fishery management outcomes | The Goulburn-Broken Fishery Reference Group is established to advise Fisheries Victoria on priority projects and the coordination of activities/ projects that support management plan objectives | Management plan objectives are supported by appropriate projects and activities | Fisheries Victoria | Within one year of management plan declaration | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's management budget | ||
| Goulburn-Broken Fishery Reference Group annually documents progress against the key performance indicators in the Goulburn-Broken Fishery Management Plan | The Goulburn-Broken Fishery Management Plan is an effective tool for managing the fishery | The Goulburn-Broken Fishery Reference Group | Fisheries Victoria | In the years following the declaration of this fishery management plan | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's management budget | |||
| The Goulburn-Broken Fishery Reference Group undertakes five-yearly reviews of the Goulburn-Broken Fishery Management Plan | The Goulburn-Broken Fishery Management Plan is relevant to managing the Goulburn-Broken fishery | The Goulburn-Broken Fishery Reference Group | Fisheries Victoria | Approximately five years following the declaration of the management plan and approximately every five years thereafter | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's management budget | |||
| Objective 1 Improve and increase recreational fishing opportunities | Strategy 2 Maintain and manage stock-enhanced fisheries | The benefits of Victoria's fish stocking programs are maximised | Fisheries Victoria's fish stocking strategy for the Goulburn-Broken region is reviewed annually or in response to relevant environmental events or natural disasters | Fisheries Victoria's fish stocking strategy is relevant to the managing fish stocking in the Goulburn-Broken fishery | Fisheries Victoria | Stakeholders | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's management budget |
| Stock enhancement is undertaken using an open consultation process | Fish are stocked in the Goulburn-Broken fishery in accordance with the Vic Fish Stock process and protocols for the translocation of fish into inland public waters | Fish stocking programs in the Goulburn-Broken region are undertaken in accordance with the agreed stocking plan | Fisheries Victoria | Stakeholders | Over the five years following plan declaration | Delivered via state-wide budget for managing fish production and liberation/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | ||
| A high quality native fishery is established in the Nagambie Lakes | The Nagambie Lakes are stocked with native fish in accordance with the agreed stocking plan | The Nagambie Lakes are stocked with native fish under the agreed five-year stocking program | Fisheries Victoria | Local recreational fishers | Over the life of the agreed stocking program | Delivered via state-wide budget for managing fish production and liberation/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | ||
| A post-stocking evaluation of growth, survival and retention of stocked fish within the Nagambie Lakes is undertaken | The outcomes of the Nagambie Lakes stocking program are understood and documented | Fisheries Victoria | Goulburn-Murray Water | Within three years of completing the stocking program | $200,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |||
| A post-stocking evaluation of the social and economic impacts of the five-year stocking program in the Nagambie Lakes is undertaken | The outcomes of the Nagambie Lakes stocking program are understood and documented | Fisheries Victoria | Within three years of completing the stocking program | $50,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | ||||
| Subject to the outcomes of the previous action, a review of feasibility, options and costs of managing the movement of stocked fish from the Nagambie Lakes is undertaken | Fish stocked into the Nagambie Lakes are appropriately managed | Fisheries Victoria | Within one year of completing the previous action | $5,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | ||||
| Strategy 3 Re-establish recreational fishing opportunities in natural disaster or drought-affected areas | Recreational fishers in drought and natural disaster-affected areas enjoy fishing opportunities | Develop and implement strategies that guide the recovery of natural disaster and drought-affected fish stocks in the Goulburn-Broken region | Fish stocks in natural disaster and drought-affected areas of the Goulburn-Broken region recover | Fisheries Victoria | Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority | Develop strategies within two years of management plan declaration Implement strategies over the five years following plan declaration | Development of strategies: $10,000 Implementation of strategies: resourced from Recreational Fishing Licence Revenue | |
| Strategy 4 Develop, protect and promote recreational fishing opportunities | Recreational anglers have access to a range of high quality and challenging fishing opportunities | Proposals to develop recreational fisheries in the Goulburn-Broken region are developed within the context of prevailing government policies and processes | New recreational fisheries in the Goulburn-Broken region are developed | Fisheries Victoria | Stakeholders | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from Recreational Fishing Licence Revenue | |
| Fisheries Victoria and recreational fishing groups actively engage with relevant agencies to improve access to existing fishing opportunities | There is no loss of fishing opportunities in the Goulburn-Broken region | Fisheries Victoria | Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, Land Victoria, Goulburn-Murray Water, local government | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from Fisheries Recreational Initiative / Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |||
| Establish opportunities for the recreational take of Macquarie perch and trout cod in the Goulburn-Broken region | Develop ongoing Macquarie perch and trout cod breeding and stocking programs for the purpose of developing recreational fishing opportunities | Macquarie perch and trout cod are stocked in accordance with site selection guidelines | Fisheries Victoria | Over the five years following plan declaration | $50,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account/ Recreational Fishing Initiative | |||
| The Goulburn-Broken region is recognised as a premier fishing destination | Develop and implement an action plan to promote recreational fishing opportunities in the Goulburn-Broken region | The Goulburn-Broken region is recognised in Victorian and national fishing publications as a premier fishing destination | Fisheries Victoria | Media, VRFish, Australian Trout Foundation, Native Fish Australia, local government, local business | Develop strategies within three years of management plan declaration Implement strategies over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from Recreational Fishing Initiative/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | ||
| The Goulburn River and Eildon Pondage are promoted nationally as a premier fishing locations | The Goulburn-Broken region is recognised in Victorian and national fishing publications as a premier fishing destination | Fisheries Victoria | Media, VRFish, Australian Trout Foundation, Native Fish Australia, local government, local business | Over the five years following plan declaration | $50,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |||
| Recreational fishing opportunities enhance the activities undertaken by local government and non-government organisations | Information about available fishing, stocking and grants programs is made available to anglers and program managers in the Goulburn-Broken region | Recreational fishing activities are a key part of the programs undertaken by local organisations | Fisheries Victoria | Local government/ non-government agencies | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from Recreational Fishing Initiative/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | ||
| The benefits from Victoria's inland fisheries are secured, grown and shared with the wider community | Communicate and promote the outcomes of the Inland Waters Recreational Fishing Classification: Building Better Fisheries in Victoria report in the Goulburn-Broken region | The level of awareness of recreational fishing opportunities in the Goulburn-Broken region is increased | Fisheries Victoria | Over the five years following plan declaration | $10,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |||
| Strategy 5 Understand the socio-economic benefits of recreational fishing | Policy and management decisions are informed by an understanding of the relationships between catch rates and other measures of angler satisfaction | Assess angler satisfaction and catch rates at key recreational fishing locations in the Goulburn-Broken region | Decisions consider the outcomes of current research | Fisheries Victoria | Regional anglers | Within five years of management plan declaration | $30,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |
| Undertake a study to understand the economic value of recreational fishing to communities in the Goulburn-Broken region | Knowledge of the economic value of recreational fishing in the Goulburn-Broken region informs decisions | Local government | Fisheries Victoria | Within five years of management plan declaration | $50,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |||
| Strategy 6 Seeking input from Aboriginal communities | Aboriginal input and knowledge incorporated into management and policy development processes | Traditional Owners in the Goulburn-Broken region are invited to join the Goulburn-Broken Fishery Reference Group | The Aboriginal community in the Goulburn-Broken region supports key fisheries management actions | Fisheries Victoria | Traditional Owners | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's management budget | |
| Strategy 7 Improve access to fisheries resources | Anglers maintain a high level of access to recreational fishing locations | Identify and promote access to road, track and irrigation infrastructure in key fishing locations in the Goulburn-Broken region | Access to key recreational fishing locations in the Goulburn-Broken region is increased | Fisheries Victoria | GBCMA, Land Victoria, Goulburn-Murray Water, local government, stakeholders | Within two years of management plan declaration | $25,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account/ Recreational Fishing Initiative | |
| Identify priority areas in the Goulburn-Broken region where access to recreational fishing can be improved and work with relevant land managers to make these areas accessible to anglers | Priority access areas are available to recreational fishers | Fisheries Victoria | GBCMA, Land Victoria, Goulburn-Murray Water, local government, stakeholders | Within three years of management plan declaration | $5,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account/ Recreational Fishing Initiative | |||
| Work with relevant land managers and other agencies in the Goulburn-Broken region to develop and install signage identifying areas for recreational fishing access | Key recreational fishing access points are readily accessible | Fisheries Victoria | GBCMA, local government, stakeholders | Within three years of management plan declaration | $10,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account/ Recreational Fishing Initiative | |||
| Ensure Fisheries Victoria is consulted in decisions that may affect access for recreational fishing in the Goulburn-Broken region | Decisions relevant to recreational fisheries are informed by advice from Fisheries Victoria | Fisheries Victoria | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's management budget | ||||
| Support suitable applications for boat launching facilities in the Goulburn-Broken region as approved by Marine Safety Victoria | New/ improved boat launching facilities in the Goulburn-Broken region | Fisheries Victoria | Recreational anglers | Over the five years following plan declaration | Recreational Fishing Trust Account/ Recreational Fishing Initiative | |||
| Objective 2 Sustainably manage fisheries resources | Strategy 8 Sustainably manage key fishing species | Research programs and projects are efficiently managed and address research gaps | Document available habitat, socio-economic and other research relevant to fisheries in the Goulburn-Broken region | Research programs and projects are developed with consideration of priorities and to fill knowledge gaps | Fisheries Victoria | The Goulburn-Broken Fishery Reference Group | $10,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |
| Develop in consultation with key stakeholders a priority-based fisheries research program for the Goulburn-Broken region | Research in the Goulburn-Broken region addresses priority management issues | Fisheries Victoria | $5,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |||||
| Recreational fishing is managed in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development | Seek Recreational Fishing Licences Trust Account funding to continue the research diary angler program for trout in the Goulburn River | Trout fishing in the Goulburn River is sustainably managed | Fisheries Victoria | In accordance with the terms of the agreed angler diary program | $30,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |||
| Seek Recreational Fishing Licences Trust Account funding to undertake a recreational fishing survey for trout, Murray cod and golden perch in Lake Eildon | Recreational fishing in the Lake Eildon is sustainably managed | Fisheries Victoria | Within two years of management plan declaration | $90,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | ||||
| Strategy 9 Protect endangered fish species | Sustainable management of fish species inhabiting drought or natural disaster-affected | Utilise appropriate management activities in the Goulburn-Broken region for the purpose of protecting threatened fish species | Endangered species in the Goulburn-Broken region are sustainably managed | Fisheries Victoria | Department of Sustainability and Environment, stakeholders | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's management budget | |
| Stock threatened species for the purpose of re-establishing viable fish populations and creating new recreational fishing opportunities | New recreational fishing opportunities are established | Fisheries Victoria | Department of Sustainability and Environment, Native Fish Australia | Over the five years following plan declaration | Recreational Fishing Initiative / Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |||
| Objective 3 Maintain and improve fish habitat | Strategy 10 Advocate for positive recreational fishing outcomes | Informed policy development | Advocate to other agencies, peak bodies and other stakeholders on behalf of the habitat and environmental requirements of key recreational fishing species in the Goulburn-Broken region | Policy development and business investment are informed by the habitat and environmental requirements of key recreational fishing species | Fisheries Victoria | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's management budget | |
| Advocate for conditions and obligations in bulk entitlements that support positive recreational fishing outcomes in the Goulburn-Broken region | The conditions and obligations in bulk entitlements are informed by the habitat and environmental requirements of key recreational fishing species | Fisheries Victoria | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's management budget | ||||
| Strategy 11: Work together to rehabilitate waterways | Achieve coordinated and effective fisheries management outcomes | The Goulburn-Broken Fishery Reference Group to advise Fisheries Victoria with respect to the coordination of activities and priority projects, facilitate partnerships, review the outcomes of research and make recommendations on future research directions | Natural resource management agencies work together to implement waterway management programs | Goulburn-Broken Fishery Reference Group | Fisheries Victoria | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's management budget | ||
| Objective 4 Governance/ compliance with management arrangements | Strategy 12: Achieve sustainable resource utilisation | Fisheries resources in the Goulburn-Broken region are sustainably managed | Compliance programs are based on state-wide priorities, resource risk, use of technology and information from community consultation | Fisheries compliance activities target identified areas of compliance risk | Fisheries Victoria | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria's compliance budget/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |
| DPI to continue to monitor and refine its overall fisheries compliance program | Fisheries compliance activities target identified areas of compliance risk | Fisheries Victoria | Over the five years following plan declaration | Resourced from within Fisheries Victoria compliance budget | ||||
| Strategy 13: Educate fishers on sustainable fishing | Culturally and linguistically-diverse communities and the general public are partners in sustainable fisheries management | Consider culturally diverse communities in the Goulburn-Broken region stakeholder communication programs | The culturally and linguistically-diverse communities of the Goulburn-Broken region are engaged as stakeholders in the fishery | Fisheries Victoria | Victorian Multicultural Commission | Over the five years following plan declaration | $10,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account | |
| Involve culturally diverse communities in the Goulburn-Broken region in fisheries-related activities and events | Culturally and linguistically-diverse communities participate in fisheries-related community events | Fisheries Victoria | Over the five years following plan declaration | $10,000/ Recreational Fishing Trust Account |
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