Jenny Allitt, the Facilitator for Fishcare East Gippsland Inc was successful in a Coastcare grant for a local project called “What lives in the Water – Gippsland Lakes”. This project includes a large display that shows the different habitats that are found in the Gippsland Lakes and included are the pictures of the individual fish…
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March in the Melbourne Fishcare group has been super-busy, with many kilometres travelled, but most importantly, lots of happy faces at our sessions! We managed to do 12 School/Community Clinics, 5 FishAbility Clinics locally. Ian Whiteside, the Melbourne Facilitator Joined forces with Mitch from Geelong and East Gippsland volunteers Rinie and Dearne at the Hooked-on…
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The Geelong and Bellarine group has maintained its pace over the past month with several new groups and schools engaged. Facilitator, Mitch McMaster attended the Hooked on Lakes events in Lakes Entrance that was hosted by the Victorian Fisheries Authority. This event was fantastic with lost of fish caught from the 130 participants that registered…
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We held our annual state conference this year on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of March at Phillip Island. Our conference is held yearly to celebrate the hard work and dedication that our volunteers and staff do to promote and educate the community around sustainable and responsible fishing practices, as well as offering a much-needed…
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School holiday periods are normally a time for families to get out and about and share new experiences. One experience that we would hope to see all kids involved in once, is the opportunity to pick up a rod and learn how to relax and hopefully catch a fish. Our ‘Come & Try Fishing’ school…
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At the end of December, the massive tourist populations poured into Lakes Entrance and thus commenced the crazy season. A series of “Come and Try Fishing” clinics that were to be conducted over first week along the coast had to be cancelled due to Jenny contracting COVID! Back at work in the second week, a…
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The Wild Harvest Seafood festival is funded by the Victorian Fisheries Authority and the East Gippsland Shire and run by the local community who do an amazing job bringing together different partners to highlight the unique abundance and variety of seafood in East Gippsland. On the 13th and 14th of November, Fishcare East Gippsland travelled…
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The Geelong and Bellarine group has been busy throughout January. After Fishcare Victoria’s annual Christmas and New Years wind down, the group kicked things off at Montana on the McAlister in West Gippsland. Facilitator Mitch McMaster conducted eight workshops with members of the campground. They looked at the rules and regulations, knot tying, fish handling…
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Although the temperature is cooling down and the weather is increasingly inclement, Fishcare Victoria is still operating across the state, conducting fishing workshops; however, focusing our efforts on our school incursion programs. These aim on teaching participants about the rules and regulations that govern recreational fishing in Victoria, as well as discussing fish handling, invasive…
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Recently the Melbourne Fishcare group provided some fishing workshops to the regional communityof Swan Hill as a part of the FishAbility program which aims to increase the active involvement ofVictorians living with a disability into fishing. I was joined by our Volunteer Eric who helped us land our first and largest fish of day 1…
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