Events

Gone Fishing Day & Seeds of the Sea, Great Lakes NSW

Elizabeth Reserve, NSW Elizabeth Parade, Forster, NSW, Australia

Join us for this year’s Gone Fishing Day with a twist! Learn about an exciting new research project led by UNSW, looking to identify Posidonia australis seagrass seeds in Wallis Lake for future restoration efforts. Like a treasure hunt, but for seagrass. Seeds of the Sea is calling on all anglers and water people to...

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Fish Wise Festival – Valley Lake, SA

Valley Lake, SA Valley Lake, Mount Gambier, SA, Australia

Come along and celebrate Gone Fishing Day at the Fish Wise Festival, held at the stunning Valley Lake in Mount Gambier. Throughout the day, visitors can engage with informative and interactive stalls from OzFish, Fishcare Volunteers SA, Recfish SA and event sponsors, spotlighting aquatic habitat restoration, sustainable fishing, and litter reduction. Free canoe hire will...

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Gone Fishing Day – Cairn Curran Reservoir, VIC

Cairns Curran Reservoir, VIC Cairn Curran Reservoir, Cairn Curran Rd, Baringhup, VIC, Australia

Prize for biggest carp! A chance for members to meet each other, discuss upcoming projects and ideas. Connect with the local community and showcase our work. When & where Date: Sunday 19 October 2025Time: 11am - 2pm AESTVenue: Cairn Curran Reservoir, Cairn Curran Rd, Baringhup VIC 3463 What to bring Registration is essential. We hope...

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Seeds for Snapper 2025 – Volunteer Induction

University of Western Australia Oceans Institute 64 Fairway, Crawley, Washington, Australia

OzFish’s Seeds for Snapper is firing up again for another seagrass season in Cockburn Sound. Come along to our volunteer induction session to learn how you can get involved with Australia’s biggest community seagrass restoration project in 2025. We have a variety of roles for community volunteers including divers, boaters and onshore support. Volunteers are...

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Creekwatch – Bluewater Creek, QLD

Wil Win Park, QLD 438 Forestry Road, Bluewater Park, QLD, Australia

We’d love you to join us in monitoring the homes of our favourite fish! Our activities include waterbug sampling, fish surveys and water quality testing. If you are keen to spend some time outdoors, learn new skills, and meet like-minded people, then this is for you. Creekwatch is a great way to get involved in...

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Moreton Bay R.O.B. Building Working Bee

OzFish Oyster Recycling - Port of Brisbane Park Port of Brisbane Park, Whimbrel St, Port of Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Help Restore The Lost Shellfish Reefs Of Moreton Bay! OzFish is working hard to restore the amazing oyster reefs of Moreton Bay. 95% of this vital habitat has been lost since European settlement and we need to bring it back! Come and join our band of committed volunteers at one of our working bees happening...

Bass and Biodiversity on Boomerang Creek, NSW

Boomerang Creek, NSW Boomerang Creek, Dorroughby, NSW, Australia

Come and join us to plant native trees and grasses along Boomerang Creek, helping improve fish habitat and reconnect remnants of the Big Scrub rainforest. The Big Scrub was once the largest expanse of lowland subtropical rainforest in eastern Australia, but was heavily cleared for agriculture in the 19th century. Today, less than 1% remains....

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Estuary Litter Round-Up – Onkaparinga, SA

Jubilee Park, SA Jubilee Park, Saltfleet Street, SA, Australia

Come along and join OzFish Unlimited’s Adelaide Chapter as we work to revitalise estuarine fish habitats. We will be tackling litter and marine debris to give shorelines with saltmarsh, mangroves and intertidal seagrass a ‘spring clean’ to help out nursery sites for fishes like black bream and mullet. For this event, we’ll be lending a...

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Oyster Reef Building Working Bee, Port River SA

Angas Inlet Boat Club LOT 204 Garden Island Rd, Port Adelaide, SA, Australia

Event update Thanks to the efforts of the local community and OzFish members, all the shellfish baskets have been fully constructed ahead of schedule, so this event has been cancelled. We are now planning deployment dates for the Port River, and will share new event details as soon as they're available. OzFish needs your help...

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Oyster Spat Platform Working Bee, SA

Angas Inlet Boat Club LOT 204 Garden Island Rd, Port Adelaide, SA, Australia

Come along and join OzFish Unlimited’s Adelaide Chapter as we team up with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to support native oyster (Ostrea angasi) monitoring this summer. We’ll be constructing oyster settlement platforms, monitoring tools that will help to understand baby oyster recruitment over this upcoming summer. These units will be deployed across multiple sites to...

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Clarence Saltmarsh & Mangrove Restoration Working Bee – NSW

Oyster Channel, Yamba Yamba Rd, Yamba, NSW, Australia

Join us to restore the Clarence River's Saltmarsh and Mangroves on Yaegl Country. Saltmarsh and mangrove ecosystems are vital for healthy waterways—they provide shelter for juvenile fish, serve as feeding grounds for popular recreational species, and support prawn production. Unfortunately, these habitats are under threat from human impacts and need our help to thrive again!...

Hunter Wetlands Fisher Science Monitoring, NSW

Hunter Wetlands Centre 1 Wetlands Place, Shortland, NSW, Australia

Come and learn about the often misunderstood, but very important saltmarsh and wetland habitats. Saltmarsh habitats are a vital nursery ground for many recreational fish species like flathead, bream, prawns, and even snapper and kingfish. Connectivity between oceans, rivers, saltmarsh and wetland habitats ensures healthy fish populations by improving water quality and strengthening coastal ecosystems,...

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