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What's New

10 August 2026

Added August newsletter for NFA (Vic)
Added link to allow new members to join online via Member Wizard and updated text on membership page

15 July 2026

Added July newsletter for NFA (Vic)
Updated Bass Sydney page to reflect merger with OzFish

31 May 2026

Added May newsletter for NFA (Vic)
Added updated membership form

14 April 2026

Added April newsletter for NFA (Vic)

25 February 2026

Added Hatchery Update for NFA (Vic)
Added Hatchery Manager details to Contact Us for NFA (Vic)
Added newsletters for NFA (Vic)
Added entry to Events page for Myrtleford Ovens River Challenge

12 May 2021

Updates contacts page with new email addresses
Added new Branch - Blackfish Action

1 March 2021

Added February 2021 edition of Bronze Battler

14 January 2021

Added December 2020 edition of Bass Sydney's Bronze Battler
Added entry to Events page for 20-21 March 2021, Myrtleford Ovens River Challenge (Download Flier here)

19 October 2020

Added October 2020 edition of Bronze Battler

9 October 2020

Added 26 Sep 2020 letter to VRFish regarding NFA's continued membership of VRFish

20 September 2020

Added Joint NFA/ATF media release regarding Production of fish at Snobs Creek under threat to Press Releases
Added letter regarding New Native Fish Hatchery at Arcadia to NFA (VIC) Correspondence

9 September 2020

Added August 2020 edition of Bass Sydney's Bronze Battler

2 August 2020

Updated NFA (Vic) Membership form
Joint Native Fish Australia (Vic), Australian Trout Foundation and the Council of Victorian Fly
Fishers Clubs letter regarding Desilting Royston and Rubicon Dams

16 July 2020

Add letter to the Minister for Fishing & Boating: Reintroduction of a recreational fishery for Trout cod to the NFA (Vic) Correspondence page

25 June 2020

Added June 2020 edition of Bass Sydney's Bronze Battler

15 June 2020

Created new NFA (VIC Correspondence page
Added link to Murray-Goulburn IVT Trade Review - Native Fish Australia (Vic) feedback to new NFA (Vic) Correspondence page
Moved links to Current Ban on Recreational Fishing in Victoria and Responce to Draft Yarra Strategic Plan to new NFA (Vic) Correspondence page

27 April 2020

Added April edition of Bronze Battler April 2020 to the Bass Sydney Bronze Battler page

21 April 2020

Added letter to the Minister for Fishing & Boating: Current Ban on Recreational Fishing in Victoria 21 Aprril 2020 to the NFA (Vic) page

31 March 2020

Added NFA (Vic) response to the Draft Yarra Strategic Plan

18 March 2020

Added updates 15 January 2020 & 3 March 2020 to NFA (Vic) Newsletters

13 March 2020

Added Media release from the North Central CMA to Press Releases

28 February 2020

Added Ovens River Challenge to Events page

8 February 2020

Added Bass Sydney's Bronze Battler for February 2020

6 December 2019

Updateed some entries to the Taxanomic Summary

5 November 2019

Added NFA (Vic) November newsletter
Edited upcoming events

4 October

Added Bass Sydney's Bronze Battler for October 2019

16 August 2019

Added Flyer about NFA (VIC) September meeting to Events page

11 August 2019

Created new page for Bass Sydney's journal The Bronze Battler
Added new page Scientific Papers with link to Lyon et al. 2019. Increased population size of fish in a lowland river following restoration of structural habitat. Ecological Applications 29(4):e01882. 10.1002/eap.1882

25 July 2019

Added info on upcoming NFA (VIC) monthly meetings to Events page

10 July 2019

Added Report of the Hughes Creek Planting Day 7 July 2019

24 June 2019

Added to Events Sunday 7 July Hughes Ceek Planting Day

26 April 2019

Added Fishing for murray crayfish in NSW to spiny freeshwater crayfish page
Added NSW DPI documents to trout cod and Murray & trout cod differences pages

8 March 2019

Updated common names for flat-headed gudgeon

4 March 2019

Added new Events page
Added Ovens River Challenge link to Events page
Added March update to NFA (VIC) Newsletters

1 March 2019

Added NFA (VIC) Feb 2019 input to the Review of Victorian Fisheries Regulations to Downloads

7 February 2019

Added NFA (VIC) Letter to Minister Littleproud re Darling fish kill to Downloads
Added February update to NFA (VIC) Newsletters

22 January 2019

Added Joint NFA/ATF press release regarding recent fish kills to press releases:

21 January 2019

Added new fish spangled gudgeon

17-20 January 2019

Completed adding distribution maps to all fish profiles

14 January 2019

Added new supplier 1Aquaponics to the Suppliers of native fish page
Updated Berney's catfish

12 January 2019

Added new fish Flyspeck hardyhead

11 January 2019

Added new fish Oxleyan pygmy perch
Added new fish Barcoo grunter
Re-arranged Species page for easier maintenance

9 January 2019

Added new fish Smallmouth hardyhead

28 December 2018

NFA (Vic) newsletter 23 December 2018
Added NFA (VIC) May 2016 Letter to Vic Fisheries re trout cod fisheries to Downloads
Added NFA (VIC) August 2016 letter to Vic Fisheries Re: Fisheries (Murray cod bag and size limits & trout cod) Notice to Downloads

20 December 2018

Completed https (SSL) migration

1-12 December 2018

Many small ongoing maintenance tasks

28 November 2018

Added new photo to Crimson spotted rainbowfish

26 November 2018

Completed undating all distribution maps on the site
Updated other cod species section of Murray cod profile

19 November 2018

Added 12 recently described species to the Galaxias olidus species complex page and included them in the taxanomic summary

17 November 2018

Completed all details from fisk profiles on this site to Common names and aliases

15 November 2018

Press release Production of fish at Snobs Creek under threat
Completed confirmation and update of all links on the Links page,

14 November 2018

Imported links from old site to Links page, confirmed/updated links are in blue, others pending

13 November 2018

Completed populating the Species page with links to species profiles
Completed adding photos to fish profiles, clicking on the photos will display a high resolution version of the photos if one is available
Comleted adding links to the Scientific Names page
Added links to the Taxanomic Summary of Australian Freshwater Fish for species with profiles on this site

2 November 2018

NFA (VIC) newsletter 23 Oct 2018

20 October 2018

Updated About Australia
Added NFA-ATF MOU and Letter to VIC Minister re Maccas in the Yarra to Downloads
Added NFA Technical Papers 1 (Eel tail catfish) & 2 (Maccas) to Technical Papers

4 October 2018