VRFish Survey | Have your say on the Proposed Kingfish Regulations
by VRFish - Victorian Recreational Fishing Peak Body 3 Sep 15:39 PDT
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Do you go fishing for Kingfish in Victoria? Then we’d love to hear from you!
Yellowtail Kingfish are a highly sought after and valued recreational fish species in Victoria, typically averaging 5-10kg each.
Recreational fishers have raised concerns that current recreational fishing regulations for yellowtail kingfish are outdated, particularly the 5 fish per person day bag limit, being seen as beyond a reasonable day’s harvest for valued fish of such a large size.
The Victorian Fisheries Authority, in partnership with recreational fishers, have reviewed bag and size limits for the species as well as scientific research and neighbouring jurisdictions management, and is proposing to reduce the bag limit from 5 to 2 kingfish per person per day.
As the peak body for recreational fishing, VRFish is calling on all Victorian recreational fishers to have your say in our latest survey to identify if recfishers support the proposal to reduce the Victorian recreational fishing bag limit for kingfish from 5 to 2 fish per person, per day.
The survey will only take a few minutes to complete and will close Monday 15th September at 11.59pm.
Complete the survey here.