Native Fish Australia Newsletter,
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WED JULY 5 NEWS FROM VICTORIAN FISHERIES
Member attendance was up for this particular night but not as good as hoped. Maybe you could let us know what we
should be doing to attract more members to our meetings.
Our guest speaker, Mostafa Alam gave a most interesting slide & overhead presentation on what has been happening
with inland fisheries in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is experiencing many of the problems we have seen here in Australia
- habitat degradation, river regulation, irrigation, reduced stream flows and over exploitation by professional
fishermen. Following Mostafa's presentation, chairman Graeme Creed presented the Branch Annual Report prior to
the elections for the new committee.
Graeme expressed appreciation to Ron Lewis, Ray Power, Bob Hall and Brian Smith for their regular attendance and
contribution at our committee meetings. Brian Smith has also been a delegate to the National Executive. Brian has
not re-nominated this year due to health problems. We wish him well for the future.
We are pleased to introduce some "new faces to our committee" - Luke Wilkinson, Paul Berner, Marina Carr,
Jim Cairns, Bob Paterson and Lynden Trickey; and welcome back Wayne Godfrey
Luke who works in the aquarium industry has taken over as President, Marina, his girlfriend, will assist, Bob will
look after our newsletter and Paul has volunteered to be "Acting Treasurer".
The new committee is :
President - Luke Wilkinson, Vice President - Ron Lewis, Secretary - Graeme Creed, Treasurer (Acting) - Paul Berner,
Committee - Jim Cairns, Marina Carr, Wayne Godfrey, Bob Hall, Rob Paterson, Ray Power, Lynden Trickey.
As this newsletter is being packaged & posted, we are receiving the keys to the old Mont Park Hospital Pharmacy
Building. We are hoping to hold our meetings there from October onwards, but you will be advised.
Our new Committee met on July 18 and already has instituted plans for a number of initiatives :
Live fish display equipment repairs - Luke Wilkinson to co-ordinate (Luke can be contacted on 0404 850 701 if you
can assist). Luke will also co-ordinate the live fish displays. NOTE XMAS BBQ VENUE over page.
The long awaited Regulatory Impact Statement on Bag Limits has been released for public comment.
The new regulations will include : golden perch min. size 30 cm and a bag limit of 10 per day, Australian bass
bag limit of 2 and estuary perch a bag limit of 10 (of which no more than 2 can be bass), blackfish 5x
The Governor in Council Order required to introduce new regulations for Macquarie perch, catfish, silver perch
and Murray cod is supposed to be signed within two weeks. (We know that you've heard that before and will probably
only believe it when you see it, but this time we believe it will happen and about time too.)
The Departmental plan is to have these new regulations proclaimed in time to be included in the new Recreational
Fishing Guide which will be printed and available before the Melbourne Fishing Show in October.
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GUEST SPEAKERS At each of our last four meetings, we have had some excellent guest speakers with less than average attendances
which has been disappointing.
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| SPECIAL REQUEST FROM NEW MELBOURNE MUSEUM We have been asked by the new Melbourne Museum to provide River Blackfish and Tupong for their live fish display. We need these fish by August 10 - can you go fishing this week and catch a blackfish for us ? Give Graeme Creed a ring on 9848 2285 when you've got one. Tupong can be found in the Yarra River. |
NFA INTERNET SITE
and
NFA's MEMBER'S SITES
Left. Nick with brood bass direct from the 'Snowy'
Australian and New Zealand Fishing Ring Right. Dave and buddy, Dave's on the right.
Steele is an active member of NFA, well worth a look.
Nick Thorne, Webmaster for NFA's web site, has been very busy of late upgrading
the site with new information and photographs. The site is attracting in excess of 300 hits per day which is a
reflection on the excellent site Nick has produced.
For more information on our Australian crayfish check out NFA member Dave
Royal's Crayfish site. His site is now listed in the top 20 on the
Right. Steele on right at the Native Fish stand at the Melbourne Fishing Expo
Is there any other member's out there who would like their website listed, let
Dave Royal
know.
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AUSTRALIAN BASS RELEASED INTO THE SNOWY RIVER |
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Our Macquarie perch breeding program has been sponsored by |
CALENDAR OF EVENTS / MEETINGS
Monthly Meetings - First Wed of each month 8 p.m. - Aug 2, Sep 7, Oct 4, Nov 1.
Meetings at Latrobe University Language Centre, Bundoora (enter from Crissane Rd, West Heidelberg) Melway Ref 19
G-8 (Note - a new venue will be announced in the near future) Committee Meetings - 3rd Tues of each month.
Other activities
2000 October 19 Melbourne Fishing Show
2000 Wed Dec 6th. Xmas Barbecue - Longridge Farm, Alexander Rd, Warrandyte 6pm onwards
We will be conducting a raffle - good quality prizes - which will be drawn at the BBQ. To be eligible to collect
a prize, you will have to be present at the drawing at the BBQ. Tickets available at our monthly meetings from
August 2nd onwards. Longridge Farm has toilet facilities and BBQ's - all you will need is your food & drink
and if you wish to go fishing, the river is only 30 metres away. Bring repellent with you in case of mozzies although
they have not been a problem in the past.
2001 Ray White Native Fish Challenge Feb. 16/17/18
2001 Pilkington Native Fish Competition April 7/8
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