This committee has the important role of helping to assess applications for funds from the NSW Aboriginal Fishing Trust Fund.

The Trust Fund is a component of the NSW Government's broader program of supporting fishing access for the Aboriginal community.

The Trust Fund aims to enhance, maintain and protect Aboriginal cultural fishing as well as provide fishing related economic opportunities for Aboriginal communities.

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AFTEC makes the initial assessment of funding applications and the Aboriginal Fishing Advisory Council then considers their comments and presents its views to the Minister for Agriculture and Western NSW for the final decision over expenditure.

DPI is currently asking Aboriginal people with knowledge and expertise in business and economic development to consider nominating for up to six positions that are currently available on the AFTEC.

An information package is available at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au.

Alternatively, email aboriginal.fishingtrust@dpi.nsw.gov.au or call (02) 4424 7421.

Expressions of interest close at 5pm on 24 February 2021.

More about the Aboriginal Fishing Trust Fund can be found at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aboriginal-fishing/AFTF

The annual Murray cod stocking season has just wound up, with the NSW Government and NSW DPI Fisheries reporting the release of more than 500,000 juvenile cod into rivers and dams.

The stocking sites include popular impoundment fisheries such as Copeton, Blowering, Wyangala and Burrinjuck dams, along with drought recovery releases within the Darling, Lachlan, Macquarie and Namoi River catchments.

This incredible stocking effort is great news for recreational fishers right across the state, and even anglers who travel from outside NSW to enjoy the recreational fishing locations that the state has on offer.