Target One Million

In 2014, the state government committed $46 million towards recreational fishing with the aim to grow participation to one million anglers by 2020. The plan was called Target One Million, and delivered:

• halt commercial netting in Port Phillip and Corio Bays over eight years
• save Lake Toolondo
• pursue reciprocal licence arrangements with New South Wales
• ban netting at the mouths of rivers in the Gippsland Lakes
• establish a Better Fishing Facilities Fund
• increase fish stocking to 5 million fish per year
• implement a marine species stocking program
• open recreational trout cod fisheries in Beechworth
• stock barramundi into Hazelwood Pondage
• allocate 'Stronger Fishing Club' grants
• introduce a minimum legal size for trout
• grow the Victorian Trout Opening Festival
• remove horsepower and boat length restrictions at Blue Rock Lake
• undertake a statewide recreational catch survey
• deliver school education and children's fishing programs.