Get Hooked… Fish for Life
Helping high school students connect recreational fishing with healthy waterways, sustainable practices and future careers.
Client: NSW Department of Primary Industries – Fisheries
Services: Curriculum development, educational writing, graphic design and photography
Audience: Years 7–10 students and teachers across NSW
The project
Following the success of its primary school Get Hooked program, NSW DPI wanted to extend the learning to high school students. The brief was to develop curriculum-based resources that teachers could confidently deliver in the classroom, introducing recreational fishing alongside the knowledge needed to care for aquatic environments.
The program needed to address six priority areas: sustainability, biosecurity, water pollution, food webs, catchment health and habitat.
Our approach
PeeKdesigns translated the brief into practical teaching resources for Stage 4 and 5. We surveyed teachers during development to understand their classroom needs and help shape the content and activities.
Our work combined curriculum research, educational writing and graphic design. Teacher guides provided background information, step-by-step activity instructions and curriculum links, supporting teachers to deliver the program on an ongoing basis.
We also drew on our photography collection to illustrate the resources with authentic images of fish, waterways and aquatic environments.
The resources
The completed program brings the priority topics together across four units:
- Fishing in NSW
- Understanding Habitat
- Conserving Habitat
- Securing our Fisheries
Through classroom activities and supporting presentations, students explore marine and freshwater environments, investigate threats to aquatic ecosystems and consider how recreational fishing can be managed sustainably.
The resources also introduce careers in the marine and fisheries sectors, connecting classroom learning with opportunities beyond school.
