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A message from FGA chairman Danny Ryan
At the end of a huge week, FGA chairman Danny Ryan has a few words of thanks and encouragement to FGA members and the broader hunting and shooting community.
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2023 Victorian duck season announced
The 2023 Victorian duck season has been announced. The season will start at 8am on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 and will close 30 minutes after sunset on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The bag limit is four (4) birds per day.
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FGA chairman Danny Ryan writes:
"Waterfowl in Australia are unique and super-reactive to climatic conditions. Recent floods have provided food and the birds have bred prolifically with multiple clutches," writes Field & Game Australia chairman Danny Ryan, in this opinion piece published in The Weekly Times on February 22.
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Avian botulism confirmed as cause of duck deaths
An occurrence of avian botulism at Bells Swamp, south-west of Bendigo in Victoria, has killed more than 700 birds, including many ducks.
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Wetlands drained in northern Victoria
Field & Game Australia staff and volunteers have been engaged in discussions around the draining of several wetlands in recent months in northern Victoria.
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Considerations for 2023 duck season
Today – December 20, 2022 – the documents "Using duck proxies and surface water to inform hunting arrangements for 2023" compiled by Marcel Klaassen, and the Game Management Authority’s "Considerations for the 2023 duck season" were made public.
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Eastern Australian Waterbird Aerial Survey – October 2022
The Eastern Australian Waterbird Aerial Survey, October 2022 Annual Summary Report has been released. You can read the report here.
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Hunting and conservation work continues
With the Field & Game Australia National Carnival hogging the limelight in recent weeks, some members might not realise that FGA’s hunting and conservation work has continued quietly yet actively in the background.
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South Australian wetland conditions
During our recent visit to South Australia, we took the opportunity to gather information from various stakeholders and visit some wetlands.
Crossing the border between Victoria and South Australia showed a welcome change from recent years and significant water in the surrounding paddocks.
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Heart Morass monument unveiled
The unveiling of a monument at Heart Morass which honours the original trustees of the Hugh D.T. Williamson Foundation has attracted the attention of government representatives, local volunteers and a multitude of VIPs and dignitaries.
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NT waterfowl hunting season announced
The details of the 2022 Northern Territory waterfowl hunting season have been announced, including an increase from the previous season on the bag limit for magpie geese
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FGA's Response to the GMA Interim Harvest Model
This is not a season submission - it is a response to GMA's preliminary findings for the introduction of an interim harvest model
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