A recreational duck hunting season will go ahead in Victoria despite repeated calls for a ban.
The state's Game Management Authority on Friday confirmed the 2023 season would start on April 26 and run through to May 30.
There will be a bag limit of four birds per day, with people only allowed to hunt between 8am and 30 minutes after sunset.
Hunters will be prohibited from killing the protected Blue-winged Shoveler and Hardhead species.
The state government had been weighing up whether or not this year's season would go ahead, following repeated calls for a ban from animal welfare groups.
The government on Friday instead announced a committee would examine recreational native bird hunting in the state, given the issue was becoming "increasingly contested".
The Legislative Council committee will look at the operation of the annual hunting seasons as well as arrangements in other states, environmental sustainability, and social and economic impact.
The committee will hold public hearings to hear from hunting associations, animal welfare groups and regional communities.
The government will move a motion to establish the committee during the next sitting week in March.
A final report will be tabled by August 31 this year.
