About the Native Fish Report Card Program

Native fish are valued by Victorians. The Native Fish Report Card Program is the first time that scientific fish population surveys have been used to produce report cards on important recreational and non-recreational native freshwater fish in Victoria.

The Native Fish Report Card Program is a partnership between the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and the Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) and Recreational Fishing License Holders (through Recreational Fishing License Trust Recreational Fishing Grants Program). The Native Fish Report Card Program will initially provide $600,000 over three years to regularly inform anglers and communities of the results of scientific fish surveys.

The program will start by monitoring targeted recreational and threatened non-recreational species at 10 priority rivers. These priority rivers were selected in collaboration with catchment management authorities (CMAs), scientists and expert recreational fishers. Fish will be surveyed using targeted scientific methods (see 'The Data').

Here is a list of the target species for each priority river:
 

For more information on these and other species click here

 

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