Lynton Barr

These publications, "An Anglers Newsletter"have a relevance much broader than Lake Tyers and Lake Tyers Beach.  Without doubt recreational fishing has a huge impact environmentally and economically on our Lake Tyers area, and of course, on the entire Gippsland Lakes systems. All these interacting issues are very relevant to how we think about our own environmental systems.  I invite you to read Lynton's newsletters and reflect on our own practice, the official policies around us, and try to ensure our actions help and support a responsible and sustainable sport/hobby to stay viable. It with immense gratitude that we publish Lynton's last newsletter, Nos104.  We must thank Lynton for his fishing insights, untiring efforts, and unshakable integrity, on behalf of all fishers, locally and nationally.  I trust this tribute of thanks will be one of many for his hard work over the years.  Rob Ward

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Lynton has decided to not continue publishing his newsletters due to ill health and the fairly onerous task of gathering important news material, and then to go and make critical comment on this news.  He has made a gigantic contribution to angling in this state, and further afield, with his vast experience and critical eye for detail by keeping abreast of current practices. He was not afraid to make his opinion heard through these newsletters, and, most importantly, first hand in the many meeting he has attended to directly bring his views, face to face with the people in power.  This courageous, and at times provocative, approach has earned him the respect of many and that he is someone who can not be bought off easily.  We will miss his contribution in so many ways.

To encourage other aspiring fishers who may like to follow in Lynton's footsteps, all of Lynton's 104 newsletters will provided on this website to allow other researchers and campaigners to access his thoughts and ideas.  hopefully it will allow some of Lynton's unfinished goals to be taken up by others, and maybe Lynton's work will help them avoid "reinventing the wheel" if Lynton has already addressed the issues.

I personally would like to acknowledge Lynton's courageous and untiring efforts to reform many of the informal bad practices of the average angler (eg leaving rubbish at fishing sites) through to high level government policy (eg Restricting netting across flooding rivers in the Gippsland Lakes), as well as keeping us in touch with so many of the positive things that have happened as well such the Flathead Slot Size, and upgraded fishing jetties etc.  His regular contributions will be sorely missed.

NB Editorial responsibility and copyright remains with Lynton Barr.  This material is strictly not to be redistributed electronically or otherwise without the author's permission. People are welcome however to redirect links to this material.