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2024 duck season compliance update
18/04/2024With the 2024 duck season opening last Wednesday, Authorised Officers from the GMA and partner agencies, including Victoria Police, are patrolling wetlands, creeks, rivers and lakes on private and public land across Victoria.
Four men convicted for illegal spotlighting and firearms offences in Omeo
17/04/2024Four men from the Latrobe Valley in Victoria have been convicted in the Magistrates Court for illegal spotlighting and firearms offences near Omeo.
Wetlands closed to hunting
12/04/2024The Victorian Government has closed or partially closed thirty-four wetlands to hunting for the 2024 duck season to prevent losses or disturbance to significant numbers of threatened species and breeding waterbirds.
2023 game duck abundance survey results
02/04/2024The results of Victoria’s annual aerial game duck abundance survey show an estimated 7.1 million game ducks in Victoria – almost three times higher than the 2022 estimate.
2024 Stubble Quail hunting season arrangements
28/03/2024The 2024 Stubble Quail season will open on Saturday, 6 April and close on Sunday, 30 June 2024.
Man convicted and penalised for illegal hunting and animal cruelty
08/03/2024A man from Yarra Glen in north-eastern Victoria was recently convicted in the Magistrates Court for animal cruelty and illegal hunting offences.
Stubble Quail abundance survey preliminary results
05/03/2024The preliminary results of Victoria’s third statewide abundance survey estimated there were 5.3 million Stubble Quail in Victoria.
Research reveals population and genetic trends in Gippsland Hog Deer
16/02/2024The Game Management Authority (GMA) has today released the 2023 abundance and population genetics of Hog Deer in Victoria report.
2024 duck hunting season arrangements
30/01/2024The Victorian Government has announced the 2024 duck season will open at 8:00am on Wednesday, 10 April 2024 and close 30 minutes after sunset on Wednesday, 5 June 2024.
New Chairperson appointed to the Game Management Authority
15/01/2024The Victorian Government has appointed Chris Rose as Chairperson to the Game Management Authority, from 13 January 2024.
New GMA board director appointment
03/01/2024The Victorian Government has appointed a new board director to the Game Management Authority (GMA), expanding the diversity of skills and experience of Victoria’s game hunting regulator.
2023 game bird harvest report now available
03/11/2023The Game Management Authority (GMA) has today released the Estimates of duck and Stubble Quail harvest in Victoria 2023 report.
2023 waterfowl wounding monitoring results
02/11/2023The results of the Game Management Authority’s (GMA) 2023 Waterfowl Wounding Monitoring Program are now available.
Victoria’s duck abundance survey about to begin
11/10/2023The Game Management Authority (GMA) will begin its annual aerial survey of Victoria’s game duck population on Monday, 16 October 2023.
2022 deer harvest report now available
17/08/2023The Game Management Authority has today released the Estimates of the 2022 deer harvest in Victoria report.
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