Applications are now open for fishing fun and activities as part of the annual Gone Fishing Day, Minister for Agriculture, Regional NSW and Western NSW Tara Moriarty said today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMark 8 October 2023 in your calendar as NSW Gone Fishing Day is on again! It doesn’t matter if you haven’t fished before or if you’re the keenest of anglers, Gone Fishing Day is for everyone!\u201d Minister Moriarty said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cClubs and organisations are encouraged to host their own event and can apply for a Gone Fishing Day package which includes rod and reel sets to assist with your event, some giveaways\/prizes and advisory information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGrant funding of up to $2,000 is also available for clubs to help run their events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRecreational fishing clubs and organisations are encouraged to apply for a package or grant to host fishing activities such as casting and fishing workshops and information sessions on Gone Fishing Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe grants can be used to purchase fishing gear, bait, food and soft drinks and equipment hire etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cActivities to restore fish habitat, through replanting and\/or weeding creek banks, on Gone Fishing Day are also eligible to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFree community fishing events will also be hosted by DPI across NSW to celebrate our love of fishing and encourage everyone to get out on the water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister Moriarty said Gone Fishing Daylaunch<\/a> is a great way for the state\u2019s one million fishers to connect and introduce their friends and family to their valued pastime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt doesn’t matter if you haven’t fished before or if you’re the keenest of anglers, Gone Fishing Day is for everyone. I\u2019ll see you there!\u201d Minister Moriarty said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DPI event locations will be announced over the coming months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Find out more about application forms and grant funding guidelineslaunch<\/a>. Grant applications close 8 September 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Gone Fishing Day is run in collaboration with the Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Activities in NSW are supported from the Recreational Fishing Trusts and NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSWDPI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Applications are now open for fishing fun and activities as part of the annual Gone Fishing Day, Minister for Agriculture, Regional NSW and Western NSW Tara Moriarty said today. \u201cMark 8 October 2023 in your calendar as NSW Gone Fishing Day is on again! It doesn’t matter if you haven’t fished before or if you’re … Continue reading “Gone Fishing Day grant applications now open”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22208,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22207\/revisions\/22208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}