The January edition of the quarterly TARFish Bulletin is available from our Communications page or by clicking here.

The Fisheries Research & Development Corporation has planned, invested and managed fisheries research, development and extension to maximise the economic, social and environmental benefits to its stakeholders. FRDC has recently identified a need to improve extension and adoption of the research being undertaken. This report provides an insight into which extension activities should form the foundation for future planning and the approaches and activities that should be considered. Click here to download a copy of the report.

Minister Tony Burke has announced the proposed creation of the world's largest marine protected area in the waters of the Coral Sea. The proposed Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve covers approximately 989,842 square kilometres - an area of ocean more than half the size of Queensland. Click here for Ministers media statement.

The TARFish Committee have finalised the review and update of our Strategic Plan for 2011-2015. Click here to download a copy.

This project reviewed the ecological impacts of selected antibiotics and antifoulants presently used in the Tasmanian salmon farming industry. The Non Technical Summary at the beginning of the report summarises the large report quite well. Click here for the full report.

The Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (now IMAS) has released a report into the motivations and attitudes of recreational marine fishers in Tasmania. Motivations for recreational fishing relate to both catch and non-catch aspects of the fishing experience. Overall, Tasmanian recreational fishers assigned the highest importance to being outdoors and relaxing/unwinding. Read the full report by clicking here.

The Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee (RFAC) was asked to provide advice to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry on the allocation of funding to projects which would give effect to major elements of a review of the 1994 National Recreational Fishing Policy. RFAC recommended, and the Minister subsequently endorsed, funding for 10 projects which address a number of the critical issues facing recreational fishers. Further details on the projects are available on our Projects page.

 

 

 

We have joined the social networking space by setting up on Facebook. At present we are only newbies to this communication channel and look forward to receiving your thoughts on how best we could use Facebook. Click on the Facebook graphic above to goto our Facebook site.

TARFish is the government recognised, fully independent peak body which was established to look after the interests of recreational marine fishers in Tasmania. TARFish continues to grow and mature as an association and remains committed and flexible to the needs of Tasmania's recreational marine fishing community. If you would like to join TARFish and support the association setup to look after your interests then simply print the Associate Member Application Form, complete the details and post the completed application to TARFish.