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Recent media releases
A suite of wins for NSW’s one million recreational fishers
- Fishing; Ministerial
The Minns Labor Government is reeling in wins for recreational fishers, with a suite of announcements from providing nearly $390,000 in grants to deliver better facilities, a crackdown on unscrupulous fishing licence sellers, and establishing new representative and advisory bodies to secure the future of recreational fishing, the industry, and the state’s fisheries resources.
New shark management measures rolled out in Sydney Harbour and along the coast as summer approaches
- Research & Development; Sharks; Ministerial
The Minns Labor Government’s $120 million investment in the state’s Shark Management Program is delivering extra drone shark surveillance this coming spring and summer to help keep people safer in the water this summer.
NSW launches vaccination program for endangered birds
- Biosecurity; Research & Development; Ministerial
The NSW Government has commenced a rollout of targeted vaccinations for vulnerable species of birds to help protect them against H5 avian influenza (bird flu).
Recreational fishers can once again take native Australian Bass and Estuary Perch in NSW waters following the end of the three-month spawning closure.
More than 4,500 calls to Emergency Animal Disease Hotline as community asked to protect pet birds
- Biosecurity; Ministerial
Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty today visited the State Coordination Centre (SCC) at the
Orange Agricultural Institute where experts from across government are leading the NSW
Government’s response to H5 bird flu.
