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Welcome to Fishcare Victoria's E-News

Hello Fishcare Volunteers and Supporters!

We have an action packed summer series coming up in January 2018. Our annual Come & Try Fishing Summer Series is set to run events in East Gippsland, Warrnambool, Melbourne, Mornington and Tidal River. 

All events are free of charge, tickets are available on Eventbrite - each ticket is per child but parent and/or guardian must attend on the day as well. To book your ticket visit http://fishcare.eventbrite.com  

Jacinta Early

Port Phillip Facilitator
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Species of the Month

SNAPPER
One of Port Phillip Bay's favourite target species. Learn more here.
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Updates around the State

South West's Fishy news

It has been very quiet on the fishing front in south west Victoria this spring but we have kept busy preparing ourselves for the summer ahead. 

Thanks to a Warrnambool City Council "Community Development Fund" grant and our "Creating Sustainable Anglers" funding from the Victorian Fisheries Authority, the south west group are now in possession of some new fish cut outs (pictured) for our children's fishing game. They look much smarter than the dodgy laminated computer print outs we had been using previously. 

Our Plastic Free Alliance side project is coming along nicely. Thanks to our local Sea Shepherd Marine Debris Team we have a collection of plastics collected at The Blue Hole (Hopkins River estuary), which will now be used by local artist Rachel Peters, in an artwork that will be placed in a laneway in Warrnambool's CBD, to educate passers by on the problems caused by plastics in our aquatic environment. 
The Glenelg-Hopkins CMA's "Big Fish Hotel" project that was supported by Fishcare Victoria, is starting to take shape. Fishcare's logo will be placed on one of the fish hotels that will be placed in one of two locations on the Merri River. There will also be natural snags and rock piles added at these sites to provide habitat hot spots along the river. To raise awareness of this great initiative we will be joining the CMA and the local OzFish Unlimited group in a community event at Platypus Park (one of the sites). 

We'll see you out and about this summer. 

Updates around the State

Volunteer Induction Day

We had a glorious summer day on 10th December for our volunteer induction and training day. Two new volunteers, Tom and Natalie as well as Karen our Fishcare Victoria Secretary put through their paces. The day started with a tour of the trailer, where we went through all the resources available to schools and community groups such as our “Get Hooked.. It’s fun to fish” and our Green Guide.

The volunteers had a chance to go through our education program, which consisted of learning about the different fish we come across in Port Phillip Bay, along the Bass Coast, Mornington and Westernport. They proved to already have an extensive knowledge as they guessed most of the species accurately. The ones they didn’t know, they identified in the Victorian Rules and Regulations Guide and measured up the fish. After the challenge of the Carp puzzle - which took longer than the volunteers expected - we went through our rods and a rigging lesson. After successfully rigging up multiple rods, the volunteers were given an informational packet filled with all of our resources, dates for upcoming clinics and brand new Shimano uniforms with the Fishcare logo on it. We are thrilled to add two more volunteers to the Fishcare Melbourne and Mornington group, and provide a refresher for current volunteers!

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, fill out our application form on https://fishcare.org.au/fishing-volunteer-work/

UPCOMING FISHCARE VICTORIA EVENTS
Tuesday 2nd January
Come & Try Fishing
10am - 12pm
Paynseville 
Wednesday 3rd January
Come & Try Fishing
10am - 12pm
Lake Tyres
Thursday 4th January
Come & Try Fishing
10am - 12pm
Lakes Entrance
Thursday 4th January
Come & Try Fishing
10am - 12pm
Inverloch
Jenny Allitt
East Gippsland Facilitator
(03) 5152 0456
jennifer.allitt@ecodev.vic.gov.au
Jacinta Early
Port Phillip Facilitator
0423588345
Fishcare Victoria is a community based not-for-profit organisation promoting responsible and sustainable attitudes and practices amongst recreational anglers and the wider community. 
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