Underwater hockey will restart in the Norville Park Pool at 5:30pm on Wednesday 26th September 2018.

Unfortunately the underwater hockey season has finished a little earlier than expected in Bundy this year. It will resume again at the Norville Pool when it re-opens in September. Playing times will be posted closer to the date.

Following on from the Sustainable Fisheries Strategy 2017-2027 that was released in June 2017, the Queensland Government is now seeking feedback on proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act 1994.

A discussion paper outlining the proposed changes has been released for public consultation. The discussion paper can be downloaded from
https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/sustainable-fisheries-strategy/changes-to-queenslands-fisheries-legislation.

Submissions close 5pm, Sunday 20 May 2018.

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Underwater hockey has restarted after the Christmas break at the Norville Park Pool on Wednesday evenings from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. New players are welcome.

Underwater Hockey is taking a short break over the Christmas holidays. It will resume again at 5:30pm on Wednesday 10th January 2018 at the Norville Pool.

Underwater hockey will restart in the newly refurbished Norville Park Pool on Wednesday 20th September 2017. The initial playing times will be 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Due to the refurbishments, the pool now has a new playing surface and the water is an additional 200mm deeper.

In June 2017 the Queensland Government released the Sustainable Fisheries Strategy 2017-2027, paving the way for Queensland to have a world-class fisheries management system.

A key action of the strategy is to establish fishery-specific working groups to provide operational advice from stakeholders from across the sector in the fisheries management process.

Fisheries Queensland is now seeking expressions of interest for members of the first three fishery working groups being established for the trawl, crab and east coast inshore fisheries.

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Underwater Hockey is taking a break over the colder months. It will resume again at the Norville Pool when it re-opens in September. Playing times will be posted closer to the date.

Following the closure of the Norville Park Pool for refurbishment over the winter months, underwater hockey has moved to the outdoor heated pool at the Bundaberg Swim Academy on Fitzgerald St. Hockey will continue to be played weekly over winter at the swim academy pool until such time as the Norville Pool re-opens for summer. The new playing time is 6:00pm to 7:00pm on Wednesday nights.

With the GSMP Zoning Plan set to expire on 1 September 2017 the Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection, and Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef, the Honourable Steven Miles MP, has approved a two phase process for the Zoning Plan review.
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