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The National Recreational Fishing Policy
Our vast island continent, with its huge, diverse coastline and limited yet valuable freshwater resources, is one of the world's last great fishing frontiers.
We are a land of stark climatic contrasts blessed with a diversity of fishing opportunities in environments spanning thousands of kilometres. From the sultry tropics to the cool, temperate waters of the south, shore and boat fishers seek a multitude of species, in thousands of locations.
Fishing for food has been practiced in Australia by Aboriginal people for thousands of years and since the earliest visits by explorers.
Published by the National Steering Committee on Recreational Fishing, December 1994 the The National Recreational Fishing Policy 
Word [625kb] contents include:
- Foreword
- Goals
- Key Principles for Recreational Fishing
- Introduction
- Protecting the Resource
- Habitat the key to healthy fisheries resource
- The role of Government
- Community Involvement
- Sharing the Resource
- Acceptable recreational fishing practices
- Opportunities for Recreational Fishing
- Education and Compliance
- Building up a store of knowledge
- Funding: the key to proper management
Last Updated: 07 Dec 2007
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