New Recreational Fishing Guide Now Available  

18 January 2012

The 2012 Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide has been released and includes important new information about catch limits, closed seasons and permitted equipment. More than 300,000 Guides have been printed to help anglers fish sustainably.

The Guide has been funded by recreational fishing licence fees along with other educational products such as plastic measures for abalone, rock lobster and freshwater spiny crayfish.

The 2012 Guide outlines rules that currently apply and new rules introduced since the last Guide, including:
    •    removal of the daily bag limit for redfin, which can now be taken in unlimited numbers from lakes and rivers;
    •    the removal of the 120cm slot limit for southern bluefin, yellowfin and big eye tuna;
    •    the requirement to land albacore, southern bluefin, yellowfin and big eye tuna in whole form;
    •    prohibition on the take of blue groper;
    •    seasonal dates for the take of abalone from central Victorian marine waters.

New maps and more fish illustrations have also been added.

Recreational fishers are encouraged to read the new Guide so they are fully aware of the rules for their target species.

Guides are available free from DPI regional offices, selected tourism outlets and 900 recreational fishing licence sellers across Victoria. It can be viewed online at www.dpi.vic.gov.au/fishingguide.

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