Exciting news for delegates who just can’t get enough of everything fishing… Al McGlashan has agreed to allow us to screen his new film – Life on the Line: The Story of the Southern Bluefin Tuna — on the first night of the National Recreational Fishing Conference! Thanks, Al! Of…
Recfishing Research has extended an invitation to all recreational fishers to apply for their bursary program to attend the 2019 National Recreational Fishing Conference. Recfishing Research is aiming to send two representatives from each state in Australia to the Conference and all interested recreational fishers are invited to apply. The…
Delegates travelling to Tasmania for this year’s National Recreational Fishing Conference may choose to stay longer and explore the spectacular fishing and scenery of Australia’s island state. We can’t say we’d blame them! To help with that decision, Thrifty Car Rentals is offering our Delegates a very generous offer: 10%…
Conference venue, Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart, is offering 10% off their best room rates to National Recreational Fishing Conference delegates, while their rooms are available. This is an exceptional deal that is sure to see rooms sell out. In order to secure this offer, delegates need to quote the unique…
The Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation (ARFF) is seeking speakers and presenters for the 2019 National Recreational Fishing Conference, being held in Hobart, Tasmania on 10–11 December this year. The search is on for inspiring, educational speakers who can fire the imaginations of recreational fishers across Australia, with the theme of…
The Australian Recreation Fishing Foundation (ARFF) has announced that the 2019 National Recreational Fishing Conference will be held in Hobart, Tasmania and focus on how every fisher can help steer Australia’s recreational fishing future through taking part in citizen science projects. Our Fishing, Our Research, Our Recreational Future is the…
Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation (ARFF), the recognised national peak body for all Australian recreational fishers, while encouraged by the positive election policies announced by both major parties this past week, is disheartened by Labor’s threat to dismantle the zoning and management plans for the Commonwealth network of marine parks legislated…
Australia’s peak national fishing bodies continue to be united in their support of the Government’s plans for Commonwealth Marine Parks. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), Australian Fishing Trade Association (AFTA), Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation (ARFF) and Game Fishing Association of Australia (GFAA) have reviewed the Government’s updated Marine Park Plans and…
“Recent claims by WA miner Andrew Forrest, that approach to Commonwealth Marine Parks Plans will benefit recreational fishing in WA are simply misleading” said Tim Carter Australian Fishing Trade Association (AFTA) WA representative. According to Andrew Forrest, years of consultation and scientific research are no match for his plan. The…
The Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation, the national peak body for recreational fishing, is appalled at the ecological disaster in the Darling River, NSW and is calling on an urgent independent inquiry to expose negligent and irresponsible water management. The extent of the fish kills are horrific and will have long-term…
