Fisheries Research Expertise in Jeopardy.

For over 50 years the State Government’s iconic facility at Snobs Creek has been a focal point for freshwater fisheries and aquaculture research, fish production and education in Victoria but this and 165 years of Victorian Freshwater Fisheries Research Expertise is now under threat if Snobs Creek is closed.

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Snobs Creek Scientists have presented an Alternative Proposal that addresses the better science outcomes, efficiency and career development criteria required by DPI.

Click here to view/print the Snobs Creek Scientists Alternative Proposal;

http://www.cpsuvic.org/public_docs/DPI-0601-SnobsAlternativeProposal.pdf

The proposal to keep Snobs alive presents a model that retains capability with a view to the future long-term requirements of the State Government to meet its statutory obligations to manage inland fisheries in Victoria and coincides with an invitation to Departmental Secretary Richard Bolt to make his inaugural visit to the Research Station.

Click here to view/print CPSU's Invitation to DPI Secretary Richard Bolt to visit Snobs Creek;

http://www.cpsuvic.org/public_docs/DPI-0601-SnobsCreekInviteBolt.pdf

Fisheries Research Branch staff believe that to close the research facility at Snobs Creek at a time when our freshwater resources are facing unprecedented challenges from the most severe drought on record plus climate change will restrict the ability of Fisheries Victoria to make informed management decisions about the industries and resources that they have a statutory obligation to manage.

Advice to Government will therefore ultimately be compromised.

KAREN BATT

CPSU Victorian Branch Secretary