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The Hungry Point site now occupied by the CFRC was held as a reserve for defence purposes from 1895 until 1902, when an area of 1.37 ha on the Gunnamatta Bay side of the site was transferred from the Commonwealth for use by the NSW Government for the purpose of fish culture. The NSW Government was determined to appoint a fisheries expert of ...
WaterNSW is a New South Wales Government–owned statutory corporation that is responsible for supplying the state's bulk water needs, operating the state's river systems and dams and the bulk water supply system for Greater Sydney and providing licensing and approval services to its customers and water resource information.
The Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries was created in 1981 in the fourth Wran ministry [7]. The portfolio had responsibility for the administration and management of oyster farms and fisheries in New South Wales, Australia. Prior to 1981 fisheries had been part of the responsibilities of the Minister for Conservation. [8]
The first Department of Primary Industries was formed as a government department on 1 July 2004, with the amalgamation of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Mineral Resources, NSW Fisheries, Forestry Commission and State Forests. [8] Barry Buffier was the inaugural director-general of the department. [9]
The (fertile, diploid) Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas, also known as Magallana gigas) [110] was declared a Class 2 Noxious Fish, under the Fisheries Management Act, 1994, for all waters in New South Wales, except Port Stephens, [111] meaning that oyster farmers in other estuaries had to kill any wild Pacific oysters on their leases.
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission is a state agency charged with overseeing Virginia's marine and aquatic resources, and its tidal waters and homelands. [1] One of the primary functions of the Commission is to zone water areas for outdoor swimming , for oyster and clamming grounds, and for fishing use.
Fish kill data from the NSW Fisheries Department shows the size of the sudden deaths, after 1960 to be much greater. Between December 2018 and January 2019, and again in late 2022 and early 2023, there were at least 5 mass fish deaths reported along a 40-km stretch of the Darling River , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] downstream of the Menindee Lakes.
Minister for Lands and Water Niall Blair: 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 3 years, 303 days Minister for Regional Water 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 Minister for Water, Property and Housing: Melinda Pavey National: 2 April 2019 21 December 2021 2 years, 263 days [4] Minister for Lands and Water Kevin Anderson: 21 December 2021 28 March 2023 1 ...