OzFishers all over Australia host waterway clean-up events any day of the year to ensure recreational fishers are contributing to do more than they take. They use a clean-up as an opportunity to get outside and enjoy the outdoors, but also to discover and discuss the impacts and outcomes of our reliance on single-use plastics, the issue of pollution and how it damages rivers, streams and the oceans and threatens entire ecosystems and the animals that live there.
We’ve found something that every fisher can do to reduce the fishing litter in our waterways.
It’s super simple – know your knots! If you’re good at tying on your rigs and lures, you’ll lose less! We have created some handy ‘how to’ videos and instructions on how to tie a few useful fishing knots.
We’ve also got a great challenge for you, the Know Your Knots Challenge, how fast can you tie your fishing knots?
OzFish Tangle Bins are launching in Darwin, following the success of the program in South East Queensland. Eight bins will be installed at popular fishing spots.
OzFish Tangle Bins have been installed in target areas within South East Queensland since 2019. There are now 43 bins that get monitored and sorted by a dedicated team of volunteers. The bins give fishers the ability to do the right thing and put their discarded tackle and washed out bait-bags into a purpose build bin near their favourite fishing spots.
OzFish Tangle Bins are now available to target areas and interested OzFish Chapters who have local fishing spots that are plagued by incorrectly disposed litter. The bins will give fishers the ability to do the right thing and put their discarded tackle and washed out bait-bags into a purpose build bin, closest to their favourite fishing spots.
The Bohle and Ross River catchments are the focus of fish surveys to improve urban waterway management with the help of volunteer recreational anglers.
OzFish Richmond River Chapter is investigating a new variation of Sydney Rock Oyster, which may turn out to be the disease-resistant oyster everyone in the commercial industry has been looking for.
OzFish Unlimited’s QOD revolutionizes shellfish reef restoration—a global first. Cost-effective, fast, and scalable, it transforms rock walls into living seawalls, promoting biodiversity. A breakthrough in conservation, the QOD brings life to once barren rock expanses.
Members of OzFish Lake Macquarie Chapter are bringing an innovative shellfish restoration project to Australia’s largest saltwater tidal waterway. OzFish will work with private jetty owners to install environmentally friendly hanging habitat to help restore vitally important shellfish reefs to the waterway.
OzFish’s innovative ‘Pimp My Jetty’ program aims to increase the availability of fish in Sydney Harbour by transforming existing jetties and pontoons into vibrant fish habitat. The Sydney Harbour Chapter plan to design, build, and monitor eco-friendly structures that will create additional shelter and food sources for fish and enhance the biodiversity of existing jetty structures.
OzFish Gold Coast Chapter will work with 10 private jetty owners to install environmentally friendly hanging habitat to help restore vitally important shellfish reefs to the waterways of the Gold Coast. The project is funded by City of Gold Coast 2022/23 Catchment and Citizen Science Grants Program, and supported BCF – Boating, Camping, Fishing.
OzFish’s innovative ‘Pimp My Jetty’ program is helping to return shellfish habitat to the Peel-Harvey estuary, near Mandurah in Western Australia and address an important ecological challenge. The project brings together recreational fisher volunteers and the local community to restore healthy habitat that supports native fish and benefits all.
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