Media
Contact
For media enquiries, please contact the OzFish media team on [email protected] or +61 490 783 417.
Media Releases
-
OzFish turn old shell into new fish in Port Philip Bay
June 16, 2025Fish habitat charity OzFish dropped a tonne of shell off a boat in Port Philip Bay on Thursday, in a move to help to clean the bay, and turn diners’ food scraps into more fish for Victorians. With the Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA), OzFish is repurposing shell that would have otherwise gone to landfill, to… -
OzFish welcomes new Australian government ministry
May 20, 2025OzFish congratulates the Australian Labor Party on securing majority at the 2025 election and looks forward to working with the re-elected Albanese government to restore crucial fish habitat across Australia. OzFish also welcomes the members of the new ministry, and thanks outgoing ministers for their contributions over the previous years. OzFish welcomes Murray Watt to… -
New data reveals over 200 species dead in South Australia fish kill
May 12, 2025New data from OzFish reveals that more than 200 different species of fish and other marine creatures have been killed by the deadly algae bloom event in South Australia since March, and the fish habitat charity warns the state has not seen the end of the impacts. Over 1400 data records captured by citizen scientists… -
X marks the reef: Australians urged to report tropical shellfish
May 2, 2025Australia’s fish habitat charity, OzFish, is calling on the help of Australia’s recreational fishing and ocean-loving super sleuths to track down the country’s remaining tropical shellfish reefs – so they can be studied and restored. OzFish, in collaboration with Griffith University, is asking Australians to keep their eyes peeled for tropical shellfish reefs while out… -
2025 federal election: Bipartisan support for waterway restoration is a win for fish and rec fishing
May 2, 2025As Australia prepares to go to the polls this weekend, OzFish welcomes the pre-electoral commitments from both major parties to expand the fish habitat charity’s vital work across the nation. In April, the Liberal Party pledged $6 million towards expanding OzFish’s work in Tasmania, and across Australia. Earlier in the month, the Labor party announced… -
Federal election 2025: OzFish invites MPs to come fishing
April 3, 2025This election, Australia’s fish charity OzFish has invited Tanya Plibersek, Julie Collins, Jonothan Duniam, Perin Davey and other MPs to take a break from campaigning and come fishing with locals in their electorate’s waterways. The charity, who restore aquatic habitat across Australia has been advocating for action to prevent fish kills, has reached out individually… -
NSW fish kill event ongoing, swamps must be restored to stop more mass deaths.
March 26, 2025OzFish says NSW has not seen the end of the blackwater event that has killed hundreds of thousands of fish, and warns the mass deaths will affect recreational and commercial fisheries for years to come. The Australian fish charity says restoring floodplain swamps, particularly the Tuckean Swamp in the lower Richmond River, is crucial to… -
Bottle Bend Reserve: Fishers and First Nations people unite on the road to restoration
March 18, 2025Once a stark reminder of environmental degradation, Bottle Bend Reserve on the Murray River in NSW now stands as a landmark of recovery and hope. The 1650-hectare reserve, once marred by tree skeletons, diminished ground cover, and a devastated native fish population, has been transformed into a rejuvenated ecosystem supporting a variety of threatened species…. -
Fish kills signal repeat warning for habitat action
March 17, 2025OzFish, Australia’s fish habitat charity, is receiving numerous reports from the public of a fish kill in the Richmond River, at Ballina in Northern New South Wales. The member organisation has received messages and photos overnight from locals who report thousands of fish gasping for air, or washing up dead, following the recent cyclone and flooding….