Projects approved and announced by Minister
| Project No. | DPI Region | Project category | Proponent | Project site | Type of waters | Project duration | Proposal | Funding | Other contributions / comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A&F05/06/3 | Gippsland | Access and facilities | East Gippsland Shire Council | Adjacent to Nicholson River boat ramp/recreation reserve, Bairnsdale | Estuarine | 1 yr | Conduct revegetation works, and construct four small fishing platforms. | $20,000.00 | East Gippsland Shire Council -project planning, coordination, management and reporting, assistance with construction, adoption of maintenance program costed at $1,500. |
| A&F05/06/12 | Port Phillip | Association of Geelong and District Angling Clubs Inc. | St. Helen's Boat Harbour, Corio bay, Geelong | Marine | 1 yr | Install solar lighting (above a fish cleaning table) and signage. | $8,336.00 | Association of Geelong and District Angling Club Inc. -voluntary labour costed at $225. | |
| A&F05/06/13 | Port Phillip | Parks Victoria | Maribyrnong Valley Parklands, Lower Maribyrnong River, Avondale Heights | Estuarine | 1 yr | Replace flood-damaged recreational fishing platform. | $7,500.00 | Parks Vic. -$500 per annum for ongoing maintenance, pathway construction to platform, and soft landscaping works. | |
| A&F05/06/14 | Port Phillip | Parks Victoria | Between Sheepwash Road and Minah Street, Barwon River, Barwon Heads | Estuarine | 1 yr | Construct a multi-use recreational fishing facility. | $52,000.00 | Parks Vic. -$20,000 cash and in-kind, and project planning, management and ongoing facility maintenance of up to $20,000; Corangamite Catchment Management Authority $58,000 cash. | |
| A&F05/06/18 | Northern | Northern Region Fisheries, Department of Primary Industries | Northern regional Victoria | Inland | 3 yrs | Produce and distribute (through a wide range of outlets) the Northern Victorian Angling Access Map and Brochure identifying all legal access points to rivers and streams, pedestrian, vehicle and boat access angling points; conduct a project evaluation study to determine project's effectiveness. | $103,400.00 | Voluntary labour to ground-truth access points by anglers (through North-East VRFish), and Department of Sustainability & Environment (Crown land advice) costed at $3,000 and $400 respectively. | |
| A&F05/06/20 | Northern | Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority | Broken Boosey State Park (Broken, Boosey, and Nine-mile creeks) between Tungamah and Nathalia | Inland | 1 yr | Establish 10 angler-access points to waterways. | $20,000.00 | Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (GBCMA) – formalisation of existing car park area and top-dress for disabled access costed at $10,000, supply and erect five metal picnic tables at high-access usage points costed at $4,000, and design and erect interpretive signs at two locations costed at $6,000. GBCMA and Parks Vic. To project-manage the works costed jointly at $10,000. Numurkah Fishing Club voluntary labour costed at $7,500. | |
| A&F05/06/21 | Port Phillip | City of Greater Geelong | Limeburner's Point Boat Harbour, Hearne Pde. Corio bay, Geelong | Marine | 1 yr | Contribution to construct a fish cleaning shelter and lighting. | $5,000.00 | City of Greater Geelong – up to $12,700 for permit, underground power, labour and materials. | |
| A&F05/06/22 | Port Phillip | City of Ballarat | St. Patrick's Point, Wendouree Pde., South shore of Lake Wendouree, Ballarat | Inland | 1 yr | Design and construct an 'access for all' fishing platform, access path, soft landscaping works, fishing rod supports, and signage. | $49,750.00 | City of Ballarat -$7,000 for wheelchair accessible park furniture in the precinct. | |
| A&F05/06/23 | Port Phillip | Tooradin Foreshore Reserve Committee of Management Inc. | Sawtell's Inlet Second Island landing, (Westernport) Tooradin | Estuarine | 1 yr | Extend fishing platform to provide angler access to deeper water; fit platform hand rail. | $2,200.00 | Tooradin Foreshore Reserve Committee of Management Inc. – voluntary labour costed at $1,400. | |
| A&F05/06/25 | Gippsland | West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority | Springberg's Lane area Lower Avon River (entering) Lake Wellington | Inland | 1 yr | Construct four fishing platforms. | $60,000.00 | West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority -$1,000 for site safety fence construction, and Department of Sustainability & Environment $4,000 for site survey; construct car park access track $19,900, construct car park $19,000, signage $800, project management $2,250, fencing of Crown reserve $3,400, and project supervision $2,500. | |
| S&HI05/06/3 | Northern | Sustainability and habitat improvement | Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority | Delatite River, north east Victoria | Inland | 1 yr | Improve fish habitat through constructing 10 rock groynes and 10 boulder fields in low-flow channel of waterway; undertake pre-and post-works fish population monitoring and evaluation; and, install signage. | $105,000.00 | Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority – fencing and revegetation works $70,000; project management costed at $50,000. |
| S&HI05/06/4 | Gippsland | East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority | Mitchell and Tambo Rivers | Estuarine | 1 yr | Improve fish habitat through installation and monitoring of eight large in-stream structures; delivery of a 'community awareness program'; and installation of signage. | $110,000.00 | East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority -$100,000 over following two years to introduce additional large in-stream structures in East Gippsland streams. | |
| N/A | Statewide | Fish stocking | Fisheries Victoria, Department of Primary Industries | Statewide | Statewide (inland) | 1 yr | Enhance fish stocking around Victoria with salmonid and native fish species (supplementary to Fisheries Victoria's $1.064 million 2006/07 fish stocking budget). | $209,892.00 | |
| EI&T05/06/3 | Statewide | Education, Information & Training | Flathead Fred's Fishing Enterprises P/L | Statewide | Statewide | 1 yr | Angler education through 'fun fishing shows' in correct, safe, and sustainable recreational fishing practices. | $4,000.00 | |
| EI&T05/06/6 | South west | Cobden Angling Club Inc. | Cobden | Inland | 1 yr | Conduct junior angler development and promotion through activities and a workshop; conduct project evaluation study to determine the project's effectiveness. | $1,065.00 | Cobden Angling Club Inc. -$200 for club function, and voluntary labour costed at $1,200. | |
| EI&T05/06/8 | Statewide | The Council of Victorian Flyfishing Clubs Inc. | Statewide | Statewide | 1 yr | Produce and distribute 10,000 brochures to promote and increase participation in fly fishing in Victoria; conduct a project evaluation study to determine project's effectiveness. | $3,000.00 | ||
| EI&T05/06/9 | Northern | Parks Victoria | Parks Victoria's Alexandra and Eildon Visitor Information Centres | Inland | 1 yr | Develop an engaging and informative on-site display to promote sustainable recreational fishing opportunities at Lake Eildon National Park. | $5,000.00 | Parks Victoria's construction of information shelter -$1,750. | |
| EI&T05/06/10 | Northern | Northern Region Fisheries, Department of Primary Industries | Northern regional Victoria | Inland | 3 yrs | Roll-out of developed standardised signage to identify pedestrian, vehicle and boat access angling locations. | $66,000.00 | Northern Region Fisheries, Department of Primary Industries -$90,000 in-kind contribution for labour and vehicle costs over three years. | |
| EI&T05/06/11 | Statewide | Communications & Marketing Branch, Department of Primary Industries | Statewide | Statewide | 3 yrs | Produce an adhesive 'Fish length ruler' communicating the variety of minimum size limits for finfish in Victoria. | $39,510.00 | Communications & Marketing Branch, Department of Primary Industries -$39,510, and in-kind contributions costed at $46,935 | |
| EI&T05/06/15 | Statewide | Community Lifesaving, Lifesaving Victoria | Statewide | Statewide | 1 yr | Through the 'Rock Fishing Education Sessions -A Pilot Project', provide recreational fishers with knowledge about safe rock fishing practices, basic water safety, and rescue principles. | $14,870.00 | ANSA Vic. -voluntary labour costed at $480; Life Saving Vic. -'Play it Safe by the Water', communication delivery (not costed). | |
| R05/06/1 | Gippsland | Research | Nicholson Angling Club Inc. | Gippsland Lakes | Marine | 2 yrs | Conduct an acoustic tracking study of critical habitat, movements and spawning locations to detect the impacts of recent changes to fishing pressure on dusky flathead -a key recreational fish species in Lake Tyers and Mallacaoota Inlet (Recreational-Only fishing areas). | $86,020.00 | Nicholson Angling Club Inc. -in-kind contributions costed at $4,950 to catch dusky flathead, and provide use of club room and boat launching facilities for 25 days over the life of the project; Primary Industries Research Victoria (PIRVic.) in-kind contribution costed at $68,950 for provision of 30 listening stations, purchase of additional 12 stations, preparation of media-release, and provision of materials to produce a project report. |
| R05/06/2 | Northern | The Council of Victorian Flyfishing Clubs Inc. | Rubicon River | Inland | 3 yrs | Conduct a study to determine the impact of willow removal and habitat rehabilitation on the resident brown trout in the Rubicon River. | $26,600.00 | ||
| R/05/06/5 | Gippsland | Department of Primary Industries, Primary Industries Research Victoria (Queenscliff). | Anderson Inlet | Marine | 1 yr | Implementation of the fishery and habitat research components of the Anderson Inlet Fisheries Management Plan. | $75,500.00 | ||
| R/05/06/6 | Gippsland | Department of Primary Industries, Primary Industries Research Victoria (Queenscliff). | Lake Tyers and Mallacoota Inlet | Estuarine | 1 yr | Conduct a study to detect the impacts of recent changes in fishing pressure on ducky flathead - a key recreational fish species in Mallacoota Inlet and Lake Tyers. | $58,400.00 | ||
| R/05/06/11 | Statewide | Department of Primary Industries, Primary Industries Research Victoria (Queenscliff). | Statewide | Inland | 3 yrs | Conduct a study to determine angler-use patterns for Murray cod in Victorian waters including angler demographics, the recreational catch and take, and angler satisfaction. | $111,500.00 | ||
| Sub-total | $1,244,543.00 | ||||||||
| Provision to fund previously approved Recreational Fishing Grant Program projects extending into 2006/07 financial year and beyond as applicable | |||||||||
| Benchmark Lake Hume recreational fishery by obtaining information on angler use of the water and details of recreational fish catch & effort, details on angler management preferences, fish population structure in the water, and develop a fish stocking plan - 3rd and final year of funding. Total funding of $258,500. | $37,500.00 | ||||||||
| Evaluation of recent changes to dusky flathead catch limits in Mallacoota Inlet. – 2nd and final year of funding. Total funding of $59,842. | $26,840.00 | ||||||||
| Lake Wendouree trial release and monitoring of stocked rainbow trout (of Tasmanian and NSW strains) to compare growth rate, survival and return to the angler compared to the existing strain of fish stocked; to determine if the existing brood stock management practices should be altered to provide the best outcome to the angler; 2nd yr. funding of $31,500/3rd yr. funding of $20,000. Total funding of $81,000. | $51,500.00 | ||||||||
| Coliban water storages (Malmsbury and Lauriston reservoirs) assessment of the potential for the establishment of a quality brown trout fishery and the control of a pest fish population (roach) through the stocking of triploid brown trout; 2nd yr. funding of $52,000/3rd yr. funding of $55,000. Total funding of $118,000. | $107,000.00 | ||||||||
| Stock 25,000 brown trout, in addition to Fisheries Victoria's intended stocking of 25,000 brown trout into Lake Hume - 3rd and final year of funding. Total funding of $77,000. | $27,900.00 | ||||||||
| Sub-total | $250,740.00 | ||||||||
| Provision to fund - Other | |||||||||
| Provision to fund RFL sales commission not claimed | $21,691.65 | Excludes RFL sales commission receipts not submitted by licence sellers | |||||||
| Provision to fund projects/services not yet invoiced | $61,200.00 | Fitzroy River Tyrendarra $11,550; Gunbower Ck. Recreation Reserve $150; and, Maribyrnong River fishing platform $49,500. | |||||||
| $90,000.00 | Fishcare Volunteer Program – 3 yrs. funding of $30,000 per yr. | ||||||||
| Sub-total | $172,891.65 | ||||||||
| Sub-total | $1,668,174.65 | ||||||||
| Provision to fund emerging recreational fisheries issues in 2006/07, $500,000 as part of first of four loan repayments to State Treasury for voluntary buy-back of Victoria's bay and inlet commercial fishing licences, and co-funding of projects under the Commonwealth Government's Recreational Fishing Community Grant Programme 2006/07. | $801,789.08 | ||||||||
| Total | $2,469,963.73 | ||||||||
| Balance remaining | $0.00 | ||||||||