The Victorian Mulloway Tagging program, funded by the Victorian Fisheries Authority through Recreational Fishing License Fees, has now been running for three and half years. The program has received incredible support from a large number of anglers and has provided valuable new knowledge on the...
Since the start of December last year, the Mulloway Tagging Program (funded by VFA through Recreational Fishing License Fees) has recorded thirteen new recaptures. One recaptured fish took me all the way back to December 2017, when Shane Murrell tagged a 66 cm Mulloway at...
Since August, we have recorded nine additional Mulloway recaptures as part of our recreational tagging program. Following the recent heavy rain and flows, a local by the name of Mark Asplin was walking along the beach near Ocean Grove last Saturday when he spotted a...
The Surry River estuary at Narrawong in south-west Victoria contains the 'Salt-Wedge Estuaries Ecological Community'; which is one of 25 known representations of this community along the southern Australian coastline, from the South Australian/Victorian border to Wilson's Promontory in Gippsland. The Salt Wedge estuary community...
Our fifth edition of the mulloway tagging newsletter is now available to download and read (also see below). While the first few months of the year were quiet in terms of recaptures (no doubt influenced by COVID related restrictions), June and July have seen 12...
The fourth edition of the Mulloway Tagging Newsletter is now available. Since the last edition in February 2019 we've seen an additional 198 fish tagged, bringing the total to just under 500. The majority of fish have been tagged from the Glenelg River (139 to...
Since our last post about the Mulloway Tagging Program in March 2019, we have recorded a number of new interesting recaptures. There are currently 75 anglers across Victoria dedicating their time to tagging Mulloway. Collectively, they have tagged almost 500 Mulloway, and so far we have...
It's been a very busy six months for the Mulloway Tagging Program. We've now recorded almost 50 recaptures! You can read all about the project's top taggers and recent recaptures in the third edition of our Tagging Newsletter. I hope you enjoy the read. [caption id="attachment_32376"...
As we’ve reached the 12 month mark for the project, I thought it would be timely to provide a brief update on the Mulloway tagging work. The 3-year project is funded through the Victorian Fisheries Authority, by Recreational Fishing License Fees and is investigating broad-scale...
It’s been a busy few months for Mulloway anglers across the state, with many either tagging Mulloway or keeping frames for our research projects, both of which are funded by the Victorian Fisheries Authority through Recreational Fishing License Fees. [caption id="attachment_29898" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Mary Spencer donated...
