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PROTECTING VICTORIA'S FISHERIES

Who Are Fisheries Officers?

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PROTECTING VICTORIA'S FISHERIES

Who Are Fisheries Officers?

Find Your Angling Club

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Who Are Fisheries Officers?

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Fisheries Officer Cuts

23 Apr

Written By Lilly Cross

Illegal Fishers Convicted, Forfeit 18-metre Boat

Proposed massive reduction to Fisheries Officers

#SaveVicFisheries

When enforcement stops, the destruction spreads everywhere.
It spreads — river to river, lake to lake, coast to coast.
It doesn’t just stay in Victoria, it spills into our entire country.
We don't simply lose fish, we lose entire ecosyst

We’ve just hit 20,000 signatures – and every single one of you matters.

This isn’t just a number. It’s 20,000 people who care about our coastline, our fisheries, and the communities that rely on them.

This movement is powere

Folks, we are nearly there!
We need your help to get this petition to 20,000 signatures, so it can be tabled in parliament this week.

This is one of the final steps to get a resolution for our Fisheries Officers and in turn, our environment and lo

🦦 If Nobody’s Watching, Who’s Protecting Our Rivers? 🌱

Victoria’s rivers aren’t just beautiful, they are lifelines.
They support fish, wildlife, drinking water, and entire communities.

But right now, they’re under th

🪸 Once They’re Gone, They’re Gone.

Seahorses are one of Victoria’s most delicate marine creatures — and one of the first to disappear when their habitats are disturbed.

They rely on healthy seagrass beds and coastal reefs t

🌊 Some places are too wild, too beautiful, and too rare to lose. 🌊

If you’re a Gippslander, you know the feeling — standing out on the rocks at Cape Conran, the ocean roaring in your ears, cicadas humming in the heat, breathing in the

Lives Protected… or Lost.
First slide: A healthy, thriving platypus — the result of strong protection.
➡ Following slides: The brutal reality when that protection is taken away.

When Fisheries Officers are cut, illegal nets go unchecked

📘 PART 3: What Happens Without Fisheries Officers?
📚 Lessons from history, before we repeat them again.

From rivers to reefs, Victoria’s fish populations rely on protection, but history shows what happens when that protection disappears.

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📗 PART 2: What Happens Without Fisheries Officers?
📚 Lessons from history, before we repeat them again.

The U.S. West Coast groundfish fishery was thriving, until it wasn’t.

⚠️ In the early 2000s, overfishing, poor science, and weak enforce

📕 PART 1: What Happens Without Fisheries Officers?
📚 Lessons from history, before we repeat them again.

Newfoundland once had the richest cod fishery on the planet.
By 1992, it was wiped out.

📉 Overfishing. Weak enforcement.
🔇 Science ignored.