Information You Can Browse Here

About Australia where we are and a little about us.

A Taxanominc Summary of Australian Freshwater Fish a complete listing of Australian freshwater fish which lists all species grouped by family, including introduced fish, and has basic distribution (by State) and conservation status data.

Australian Bass Breeding Trial - results of NFA (Vic)'s first attempt at breeding Australian Bass.

Cardross Lakes a report on NFA (Victoria)'s efforts to preserve this unique system

Catch and Release Fishing a guide to responsible angling methods

Differences Between Murray Cod And Trout Cod a guide for anglers

Frequently Asked Questions

Major Australian Rivers a map of the major river systems in Australia

Native Fish Hatchery operated by NFA (Victoria)

NFA (Victoria) Freshwater Fisheries Management Policy

NFA (Victoria) Proposal for the establishment of recreational fisheries in Victoria for the bluenose or trout cod Maccullochella macquariensis

NFA National Constitution

Suppliers of Native Fish - A listing of suppliers of Australian native fish for aquariums, ponds and farm dams.

Information You Can Download

Stream Classification proposal
NOTE: Submission date has been extended to 31 October 2009
Draft North East Victoria Stream Classification proposal
Draft proposal: DRAFT_NE_Classification_Proposal.pdf - Adobe Acrobat (2.2 MB)
Executive summary: ATF_NFA_Exec_Summary.pdf - Adobe Acrobat (1.5 MB)

"Recollections" document
SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF NATIVE FISH IN THE MURRAY-DARLING SYSTEM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE TROUT COD Maccullochella macquariensis
Summary & Source Material from the Draft Publication Bluenose: The Lost World of the Trout Cod
Recollections_compressed.pdf - Adobe Acrobat (5.1 MB)

Proposal to establish recreational fisheries for the trout cod
NFA_VIC_trout_cod_recreational_plan.pdf - Adobe Acrobat (2.1 MB)

NFA (Vic) Freshwater Fisheries Management Policy
 fwpolicy.zip - MS Word (225 KB)
 fwpoltxt.zip - Text (15 KB)
 fwpolicy.txt - Uncompressed text (52 KB)

Sample Branch Constitution
 vicrules.zip - MS Word (55 KB)

Native Fish Australia National Constitution
 natconst.zip - Text (9 KB)
 natconst.txt - Uncompressed Text (32 KB)

Technical Papers

Native Fish Australia Technical Report #1
Methods for the hatchery production of the freshwater jewfish or eel-tailed catfish Tandanus tandanus
nfa-tp1-tandanus.pdf - Adobe Acrobat (1 MB)

Native Fish Australia Technical Report #2
A REVIEW OF ATTEMPTS AT THE ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF THE MACQUARIE PERCH Macquaria australasica WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE ACTION
nfa-tp2-macquarie-perch.pdf - Adobe Acrobat (2.4 MB)

Press Releases

7 April 2007
Native Fish Australia gathers support for proposal to re-establish Bluenose cod recreational fisheries…

14 August 2006
Proposal to establish recreational fisheries for the trout cod, a recovering endangered native freshwater fish

19 May 2000
Murray-Darling-Snowy Basin Rehabilitation Authority Needed Now To Prevent Repair Bill Bankrupting Future Australian

26 July 2000
RECFISH Australia Support: 5.5 Million Australians Endorse ACF/NFF Plan To Repair The National Landscape