The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has released its Inspections Annual Report, highlighting a significant increase in maritime safety regulatory activity. The Inspections Annual Report covers AMSA’s inspection activities on domestic commercial vessels (DCVs) such as fishing boats and ferries, as well as regulated Australian vessels and foreign-flagged shipping vessels under port state control. Domestically, […]
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Hatchery-reared juvenile scallops have been successfully deployed for the first time off the coast of Rottnest in a crucial step towards developing a more productive and sustainable saucer scallop fishery for Western Australia. The WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) recently deployed about 5,000 scallop spat, testing the transport and deployment process […]
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The Chinese fishing fleet is responsible for systemic illegal fishing and human rights abuses in countries bordering the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO), undercutting China’s claims of supporting sustainable development and thriving blue economies in the region, according to a new report published by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF). China’s distant-water fleet (DWF) is by far […]
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Biosecurity New Zealand has temporarily closed a small, contained water park in Taupo following the discovery of the invasive freshwater gold clam. “After confirming the presence of the clam in the lagoon at Lake Taupo Aqua Park, Biosecurity New Zealand has worked with the operators of park around...
Best Medium Fish Farm Support Vessel – San Little Glory – Southern Ocean Solutions One of a pair of Australian-designed fish farm work boats built for two separate New Zealand salmon farmer owners. Highly purposeful, the 18- by 10-metre steel catamarans were designed and built to handle a multitude...
While certain parties remain fixated on pursuing a South Coast Marine Park with sanctuary zones taking up more than 25 per cent, WAFIC has stepped up with an alternate proposal, which has been developed in consultation with the South Coast fishing industry. In a somewhat unorthodox approach, WAFIC...
Greymouth, New Zealand-based fishing company Westfleet Seafoods recently took delivery of a new longline fishing vessel built by compatriot shipyard the AIMEX Service Group. Designed by Australian naval architecture firm Oceantech, the vessel has been named Te Runanga after a town in New Zealand’s...
Recreational fishing for abalone in the West Coast Zone (WCZ) resumes this Saturday, January 13, with fishing permitted only between 07:00 and 08:00, the Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) said in a recently published advisory. The safety advice for...
Some 285 illegally caught marron have been seized and up to 13 people are facing prosecution after a Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) operation targeting out-of-season marron fishing in the South West. The fine for out-of-season fishing for marron...
A new partnership between the NSW Government, the aquaculture industry, and the recreational fishing sector is trialling a new way to fast-track the recovery of native fish populations. NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Deputy Director General Fisheries Sean Sloan said that NSW DPI has...