MELBOURNE will host the 10th World Recreational Fishing Conference, scheduled for 2023.
The winning bid for World Recreational Fishing Conference’s (WRFC) host city was announced last week at the Ninth WRFC in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Melbourne will host the event from February 19-23, 2023 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre while also being broadcast digitally around the world.
The event is held every three years for researchers, recreational fishers, angling organisations and government to meet and exchange knowledge about hot topics in recreational fishing.
Melbourne’s bid was led by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in partnership with recreational fishing organisations including VRFish, FutureFish Foundation, Women in Recreational Fishing Network, Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation, Fisheries Research and Develop Corporation, the Melbourne Convention Bureau, Visit Victoria and leading recreational fisheries scientists in Australia.
The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation has been named as a major partner of the event.
Past WRFC conferences have been held in Canada, Brazil, Germany, USA, Norway, Australia (Darwin), Canada and Ireland.
For more information: vfa.vic.gov.au
