The VFF said it is "extremely disappointed" at the passage of the Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment Bill 2019.

The new legislation effectively opens up almost 26,000 kilometres of Victoria's crown land water frontages to campers.

The VFF was concerned the new legislation would lead to issues with stock disturbance, waterway pollution, and littering, with farmers and other landholders holding around 8200 crown-land water frontage licenses along 17,000km of Victorian waterways.

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VFF President David Jochinke said the body's attention would now turn to negotiating regulations that protect agriculture and the environment.

"We are bitterly disappointed that the concerns of farmers have been ignored and we will hold the Government to their commitment to consult meaningfully with the VFF in the development of the regulations," he said.

"In consulting, the Government must get out and speak to the farmers and landholders that will be impacted. We can't afford to have confusion about the regulations."

"They have got to get places such as Sale, Kerang, Tallangatta, Hamilton and right up and down the communities along the Murray and Campaspe rivers.

"We've heard from landholders with real and legitimate concerns in these areas about how this will impact them, their businesses and their environment."

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The VFF is advocating for regulations to include a system of registration, setbacks from waterways and private land, and limiting camping to areas where toilet and rubbish facilities are available.

"There must be a system of registration to ensure accountability, limit the number of campers and duration of stay and allow farmers to adhere to their biosecurity quality assurance scheme obligations," Mr Jochinke said.

"From our point of view, if there's no registration and no camping infrastructure, there should be no camping."

"There's also the threat of fire and the added risks to both people and property, which is just far too great."

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