Helping Victorian recreational fishers take action to improve fish habitat

The 5 million recreational fishers in Australia, including over 720,000 in Victoria, are largely unrecognised stakeholders in the health of coastal, estuarine and freshwater waterways. This project targets engaging Victorian recreational fishers to encourage involvement in natural resource management and biodiversity protection. Targeted communications, capacity-building activities and on-ground works will be undertaken to foster ownership and protection of fish habitat within the recreational fishing community; restore and rehabilitate coastal environments and urban waterways; and help enhance and conserve native fish populations. Key biodiversity outcomes include healthier, better protected, and resilient aquatic habitats and fisheries.

澳大利亚现有500万休闲垂钓者，其中维多利亚州占比超72万；作为沿海、河口与淡水水域健康维护的利益相关方，其价值长期未得到充分认可。本项目旨在动员维多利亚州休闲垂钓者，推动其参与自然资源管理与生物多样性保护工作。项目将开展针对性传播、能力建设活动及实地工程，以在休闲垂钓群体中培育其对鱼类栖息地的主人翁意识与保护责任，修复并复育沿海生态环境与城市水域，并助力本土鱼类种群的保护与壮大。本项目的核心生物多样性目标包括：打造更健康、受保护更充分且韧性更强的水生栖息地与渔业资源。