Strategy for recreational fishing

City of Melbourne is working to ensure Docklands’ position as Melbourne’s prime recreational fishing hub.

A $22,0000 State Government grant will fund the development of a Docklands recreational fishing strategy.

According to Water Minister Peter Walsh, the money was funded from recreational fishing licence proceeds, which meant fishers’ money was going back into the pastime they enjoyed.

The strategy, to be developed by City of Melbourne, will identify:

Fishing precincts and no-fishing zones;

Required infrastructure;

Ways to ensure the interaction between anglers and other members of the public is safe; and

The types of fishing to be endorsed.

Docklands is already a popular fishing location and it’s understood the strategy aims to identify ways of improving the locale to foster the growing recreational fishing community.