Portland police Acting Senior Sergeant Gavin Slade said vehicle checks and driving licences of fishermen were completed on Tuesday morning by Portland uniform officers.

"We did some checks and we will keep monitoring the situation," he said.

"We have no concerns and there were no infringement notices issues.

"We all want the community to feel safe."

Acting Senior Sergeant Slade said on Tuesday he met with Glenelg Shire chief executive officer Greg Burgoyne and the shire's municipal response officer, as well as Department of Health and Human Services officers about general tasking and community concerns.

"It's something we will continue to monitor and we will issue $1652 infringement notices if we find breaches of COVID-19 regulations," he said.

Earlier Tuesday: Portland police are currently conducting licence checks on amateur tuna fishermen at the harbour boat ramp to ensure they are complying with coronavirus health restrictions.

Acting Sergeant Penne Telfer said the ongoing tuna season and the large numbers of fishermen heading to Portland had attracted a lot of attention from locals during the coronavirus pandemic.

"We are checking if these people are from the Melbourne hotspot suburbs where travel is banned," she said.

"We have enormous number of fishermen coming down here and that's caused a lot of concern among local residents.

"The police presence at the boat ramp this morning is designed to show local residents police members are actively checking that those travelling to Portland are doing the right thing."

Acting Sergeant Telfer said she saw a couple of boats heading to the Portland harbour on her way to work early this morning and about six vehicles towing boats filling up at one service station.

Victoria on Monday recorded 127 new cases, its highest daily increase since the pandemic started four months ago.

There are now swathes of Melbourne under lockdown so residents can only leave home for essential purposes.

Nine blocks of flats have gone into the more severe "hard lockdown", where residents can't leave their flats at all for the five days it will take to test all of them.

New South Wales and the ACT are blocking travel from Victoria and it is expected that more severe restrictions will be put in place if the large number of cases continue.

Fishing was one of the activities previously banned but has been allowed after the easing of statewide COVID-19 restrictions.