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Published research reports

2020

2018

Implementing better practice Murray cod fishery management

2017

Anglers tune in to find out why Port Phillip Bay is so important to snapper

The status of the Murray crayfish recreational fishery in Victoria

Chinook Salmon Fisheries Research - Evaluating performance at Lakes Bullen Merri and Purrumbete

2016

Options for managing redfin perch in Lake Purrumbete to improve recreational fishing

State-wide Angler Fishing Diary Program 2011-2014

Recreational fishery assessment 2016 – small eastern estuaries

Western Port Fishery Assessment 2015

2015

Million Murray Cod Program: Identification of hatchery origins in adult Murray Cod

Jigging For Science — Defining the spawning needs of calamari in Port Phillip Bay

Monitoring fish stockings in Victoria: 2014 native fish surveys

Quantifying recreational catch and effort from the Corio Bay region

Trial of near shore artificial reefs to enhance pier based recreational fishing

2014

Managing genetic viability of freshwater catfish in Victoria

The decline of sand flathead stocks in Port Phillip Bay: magnitude, causes and future prospects

Investigating the historical abundance of estuary perch in Lake Tyers

New and innovative approaches to monitoring small-scale recreational fisheries

New insights into hatchery production of freshwater catfish

2013

Victorian Fish Aggregation Devices

Assessment of Venus Bay Pipis

Chinook Salmon Genetics

Kerang Lakes Fishery Improvement

2012

Risk Assessment for Stocking Selected Recreational Fish Species into Lake Colac

Looking back to go forward- Recreating a world class Chinook salmon fishery in Victoria's western crater lakes

Evaluation of Past and New Stocking Practices for Recreational Fisheries in the Kerang Lakes

Angler diary monitoring of recreational fishing in selected Victorian waters during 2009-2010

2011

Spawning and Recruitment Ecology of Golden Perch in the Murray and Darling Rivers

Reel Scientists- fishing for the future

Extending the Survival of Stocked Rainbow Trout

Determining the extent of summer trout habitat in Lake Hume and Lake Dartmouth

Analysis of Coastal Recreational Fishing Facilities June 2011

A Preliminary Assessment of the Abundance, Size and Population Genetic Structure of Pipis

2009-2010

Recreational fishing licence trust account report 2010-2011

Triploid brown trout for roach control and a trophy fishery

Sustainability of recreational fisheries for Murray cod

Response of brown trout to willow management and habitat improvements in the Rubicon River

Recreational fishery monitoring and fish habitat research - Mallacoota Inlet Fisheries Reserve

Recreational fishery monitoring and fish habitat research - Anderson Inlet Fisheries Reserve

Lake Hume Fishery Assessment

Evaluation of changes to dusky flathead catch limits in Mallacoota Inlet

Estuary perch movement and habitat use in the Snowy River

Eildon Pondage Creel Survey Report

Economic Study of Recreational Fishing in Victoria- Headline Results VRFish

Economic Study of Recreational Fishing in Victoria Murray Cod Assessment

Detecting the impacts of recent changes in fishing pressure on key recreational fish stocks in Mallacoota Inlet and Lake Tyers

Australian bass movement and migration in the Snowy River

Artificial Aeration of Lake Bullen Merri - Review of Operations

Angler diary monitoring of recreational target fish stocks in selected Victorian estuaries

A summary of the relative abundance and size-class distribution of large-bodied fish in the Mallee region of the lower Murray River in the period 2002-10

2003-2008

Trial of Fish Aggregation Devices

State-wide Angler Diary Program 1997-2006

State-wide Angler Diary Program 1997-2003

Movement of golden perch and Murray cod in the Nagambie Lakes System

Identifying the spawning locations of King George whiting in Victorian waters

Habitat Enhancement for Recreational Fish in Reservoirs and Lakes

Gippsland Lakes dusky flathead tracking project

Fishing for New Ways to Sustain Aquatic Habitats

Evaluation of effects of targeting breeding elephant fish by recreational fishers in Western Port

Biology and movement of large brown trout in Lake Eildon

Angling options for Cairn Curran Reservoir

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