The Goulburn Murray Valley Fruit Fly Area Wide Management Program has taken out a top accolade for its achievements in reducing the impact of fruit fly on the Australian horticultural industry.

The program featured at the Hort Connections national awards for excellence in Brisbane on the 8 June 2022, receiving the Visy Industry Impact Award from a field of 16 industry candidates from across Australia.

Program Governance Group Chairman, Tony Siciliano said the award was an outstanding achievement and recognised […]

Fruit fly is finding it harder to get a foothold in the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) thanks to moves to disrupt the pest’s habitat through the removal and eradication of unwanted fruiting trees and plants.

The GMV Fruit Fly Project’s free tree removal program has significantly reduced potential breeding habitat through the removal of nearly 80,000 unmanaged fruit trees and plants since June 2017. It is estimated that by the end of the financial year this number will have […]

The Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) Fruit Fly office in Victoria has responded to a surge in enquires by the public wanting to grow their own fruit and vegetables in the safety of their own backyards due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

GMV Regional Fruit Fly Coordinator Ross Abberfield said COVID-19 restrictions are escalating daily and more and more people are opting to grow their own fruit and vegetables, with a reported run on vegetable seedling and seed sales in recent […]

The Area Wide Management (AWM) of fruit fly relies on a united management approach, bringing together agencies and representatives from a broad spectrum.

The Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) Fruit Fly Governance Group recently met with Agriculture Victoria and the Manager of the National Fruit Fly Council in Cobram, Victoria to discuss opportunities to further enhance the coordinated management of the pest.

The GMV Fruit Fly Project is a recognised leader in Fruit Fly AWM, bringing together community, government and industry […]

Rogue fruit trees growing on public land, roadsides, channel banks or reserves are a potential habitat for Qld Fruit Fly.

How you can help…

If you spot a fruit tree growing on public land take note of its location, type (if known) and approximate size then contact
a participating Council to complete the Rogue Tree Registration Form.  The reporting process is easy and can be done through
the Customer Service Desk of participating Councils.

Participating Shires include – 

Goulburn Murray Valley hosts 7th Australian Biology of Tephritid Fruit Flies Conference

A national contingent has converged on Shepparton for the Australian Biology of Tephritid Fruit Flies Conference, bringing together researchers, scholars and industry leads. The Goulburn Murray Valley Fruit Fly Project hosted the national conference which ran over Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 May 2019 at Riverlinks Shepparton and attracted approximately 150 delegates from across Australia.

The conference theme of “Blue Sky Applied” highlighted blue […]