Fishers for Fish Habitat
Fish habitat needs help!
Most fish habitat in NSW has been modified, lost or destroyed through human-induced change. We have regulated rivers, removed mangroves and saltmarsh for coastal development, drained wetlands and fish nursery habitat, constructed structures which restrict river flow and inhibit fish migration and removed macrohabitat such as fallen timber.
These changes have put pressure on native fish populations. Fewer fish means reduced fishing and greater scrutiny of fishing activities. Read more about Fishers for Fish Habitats.
Improving habitat
Recreational anglers spend many hours standing or sitting on river banks, on beaches and rock platforms, wading in the shallows, sitting in boats or kayaks and generally taking in the aquatic environment. As such, they are the eyes and ears of our river systems – if something isn’t quite right they are regularly the first to realise it.
Fishers for Fish Habitat is a new project which recognises the involvement of recreational anglers in habitat improvement initiatives and aims to inspire anglers to do what they can to protect and enhance these vital areas that our native freshwater fish need to survive and thrive.
The Fishers for Fish Habitat project is funded by the Natural Resources Advisory Council’s forging partnerships program and is in partnership with NSW Fishing Monthly, NSW Council of Freshwater Anglers and the Murray Darling Basin Commission.
Habitat makes fish happen!
We can all be inspired by the many recreational anglers throughout NSW who are doing things to improve fish habitat. They plant trees on riverbanks, protect mangroves and seagrass beds, clean up rubbish at local fishing spots, help out at carp muster events and raise awareness about structures that restrict fish movement.
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900KbInspirational tales of everyday fishers making sure there will be fish their local fishing spots into the future.