A magistrate has warned a 33-year-old Safety Bay man in Mandurah Court this week that, if he ever decided to fish for crabs again, he must measure them immediately. The man was caught out by Fisheries officers from the WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) when he...
The infiltration of WA Government decision-making by cashed-up US eco-lobby group, Pew, continues. In an edition of The West Australian on September 28, Pew placed a full-page colour advertisement advocating for maximum sanctuary areas to be imposed in the proposed south coast marine park....
The Australian Government has opened public consultation on the effectiveness of two key policies behind the management of Commonwealth fisheries. The Commonwealth Fisheries Harvest Strategy Policy and the Commonwealth Fisheries Bycatch Policy set the standards for sustainable harvesting of fisheries resources to maximise benefits to the Australian community. Assistant Secretary for Fisheries George Day encouraged […]
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While filling the pages with beautiful imagery of leafy sea dragons and pristine marine environments backed by Disney-like rhetoric, Pew Charitable Trust’s latest attempt to mislead the Western Australian public highlights the US eco-lobby group’s lack of science, and lack of understanding about...
Catch limits and allowances across a range of fisheries will change from October 1, 2023, as part of Fisheries New Zealand’s regular sustainability review. The changes are part of a six-month cycle of catch limit reviews conducted by Fisheries New Zealand, says Fisheries New Zealand’s director of...
Deliveries include an ice-capable crab boat for Russia, a Finnish-built net fishing vessel, and a hybrid wellboat for a Norwegian owner. An Australian fishing company has meanwhile placed an order for a longliner designed to catch toothfish in the Southern Ocean. Finnish builder delivers net...
Since 1975, Dongara Marine has become a mainstay in West Australia’s marine industry. Established by boat designer John Fitzhardinge in its namesake town, the business moved to a newly constructed waterfront shipyard in the port of Geraldton in 2022. Over the years, it has demonstrated exceptional...
It’s a common topic among WA communities: When children behave badly, are the children to blame, or is it the parents, who may have inadvertently given permission for the poor behaviour? Today, we see this situation playing out across Western Australia’s environment department. On one hand, we have...
Hobart, Australia-based naval architecture firm Southern Ocean Solutions (SOS) has confirmed the delivery of two new aquaculture support catamaran workboats in a series to two separate owners in New Zealand. SOS said the design is extremely flexible with one vessel being used for net cleaning duties and the other being configured with a 12-tonne SWL […]
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New rules to protect flat oysters from the disease-causing parasite Bonamia ostreae have begun being applied to recreational fishers and boaters in some New Zealand waters from Friday, September 1. Bonamia ostreae is in the Marlborough Sounds and Big Glory Bay at Rakiura, Stewart Island. It infects...