Recreational fishing small grants program
Small grants enable fishing clubs, councils and other community members to submit proposals for small, local or regional projects to enhance recreational fishing. Grants are limited to $10,000 and proposals should include matched funds or contributing in-kind support (such as voluntary labour, material, salaried staff) from the applicant or other sources. Small grant applications can be submitted at any time during the year. Previously funded small grant projects have included the establishment of fish cleaning tables, fishing platforms and fish measuring stations.
Check out the fishing facilities that have been funded by the trust.
Other small projects funded
Small grants 2001/02 2007/08 (not including fishing facilities)
Saltwater small projects |
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Program |
Applicant |
Funding |
Strategic research plan for the sustainable resource use of Longtail Tuna (Thunnus tonggol) in Australian waters |
Recfish Australia |
$5,000 |
Assisting others to enjoy fishing, clinics for Camp Quality |
Narooma Sport and Game Fishing Club |
$2,754 |
Fishing with TLC fortnightly clinics/activities for people with an intellectual disability, Tomaree Peninsula (Port Stephens) |
Tomaree Links to the Community (TLC) |
$5,000 |
Replication of the Learn to fish DVD for distribution to anglers |
NSW DPI-Fishcare |
$10,000 |
Gone Fishing, fishing clinics (Lake Illawarra) |
Lake Illawarra Police Community Youth Club |
$5,000 |
Catch N Cook Phase III, indigenous fishing clinics |
Koori Communications |
$5,000 |
Research on Yellowtail Kingfish |
University of Melbourne |
$5,100 |
Research on the effect of the Botany Bay commercial fishing closure on juvenile fish populations at Towra Point |
Australian Catholic University |
$4,884 |
Outdoor display centre - Harrington |
Harrington/ Crowdy Head Chamber of Commerce Industry & Tourism Inc. |
$2,500 |
Research on small scale movement of Luderick |
James Cook University |
$15,000 (over three years) |
Reducing wildlife injuries brochure |
Australian Seabird Rescue |
$2,500 |
Research on genetic hybridisation of Bream |
University of Wollongong |
$15,000 (over three years) |
Research on population structure of Estuary Perch |
Deakin University |
$5,000 |
Report for the Gamefish Tagging Program |
Pepperell Research and Consulting Pty Ltd |
$5,000 |
Weed bait tank - Provision of bait, protection of shorebird habitat Hunter River Estuary |
Kooragang Wetland Rehabilitation Project |
$5,100 |
Development of a strategic long-term scientific program to assess recreational fisheries in NSW |
NSW DPI |
$5,000 |
Biology of Ghost Shrimp |
University of Newcastle |
$10,000 |
Biological links between NSW habitats for Yellowfin Bream |
University of Technology Sydney |
$10,000 |
Releasing line caught fish and tagging brochure |
Southern Cross University |
$4,480 |
Mount Pleasant 27mHz VHF radio link |
Australian Volunteer Coastguard Association |
$5,000 |
Rock Fishing Safety Awareness Campaign |
NSW Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation |
$1,800 |
Gone Fishing Youth life skills program, teaching recreational fishing |
Lake Illawarra Police Citizens Youth Club |
$5,000 |
Catch N Cook Youth life skills program, teaching recreational fishing |
Koori Communications |
$5,000 |
Mulloway education tanks |
St Joseph Vocational College |
$1,000 |
Reducing wildlife injuries brochure |
Australian Seabird Rescue |
$2,500 |
Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Resource Allocation Workshop |
NSW DPI |
$10,000 |
Fishing jetty education installations |
Shoalhaven City Council |
$6,490 |
Rock Fishing Safety DVD production and distribution |
Recreational Fishing Alliance |
$3,135 |
Research on artificial reefs catch surveys on natural and artificial reefs in Lake Macquarie |
Newcastle University |
$5,280 |
RFSTEC and ACoRF member attendance at National Seminar on Marine Protected Areas - Brisbane |
RFSTEC |
$5,000 |
Rock Fishing Safety DVD replication |
Recreational Fishing Alliance |
$8,000 |
Research on movements and behaviour of tiger sharks off NSW as determined by popup satellite tags expert advisory trip |
Pepperell Research and Consulting |
$5,000 |
Freshwater Small Projects |
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Program |
Applicant |
Funding |
Movement patterns of the eel tailed freshwater catfish in the Nymboida River |
NSW DPI - Science & Research |
$9,900 |
Supporting fish hatchery trainees, Narrandera. |
NSW DPI Wild Harvest Fisheries |
$5,000 |
Alma Jean Sullivans (Paroo Queen) Fishing Tips Calendar 2006 |
Parkes/Forbes Business Enterprise Centre |
$2,000 |
Branch construction of a rock ramp fishway in the Fish River |
Central Acclimatisation Society Oberon |
$1,060 |
Research into the genetic structure of Murray Cod |
DPI VIC |
$5,000 |
The Lake Albert Feasibility Study |
Wagga Wagga City Council |
$5,000 |
Tracking fish associations around structural woody habitat |
NSW DPI |
$5,000 |
Eastern Cod Spawning Study |
Southern Cross University |
$4,995 |
Enhancement program introduction of freshwater mussels |
University of Western Sydney Hawkesbury |
$5,000 |
Shoalhaven River Fish Tagging Project |
Southern Bass Fishing Club |
$2,800 |
Inland Fishing Awareness & Skills Program |
Narromine High School |
$2,800 |
Sampling of remnant of Eastern Cod in the upper Clarence Catchment |
Southern Cross University |
$4,800 |
Stabilisation of the banks of the Manila River hatchery |
Manila Fishing Club hatchery |
$5,000 |
Research Establishing sites for study of trout impacts on frog population demographics |
University of Newcastle |
$9,513 |
Research assessing the population status of Booroolong Frog in areas where trout are stocked |
Department of Environment and Conservation |
$8,400 |