THE Western Australian Government has announced major reforms across WA's coastline, which it said will further protect ...

Strict bans limiting commercial and recreational fishing in Perth and WA are announced in an effort to save some under-threat fish species from the brink of collapse.

Pink snapper and dhufish are among severely threatened species prompting one state to permanently close commercial fishing ...

In a move lauded by the American Sportfishing Association (ASA), newly elected leadership in Australia’s government announced that it will repeal the management plans that proposed to close more than ...

GULF St Vincent should be used to trial new approaches to managing commercial and recreational fishing, says YP Country Times fishing columnist Greg James.

Authorities say the "short term pain, for long term gain" is needed to bring species back from the brink of extinction.

Important State-wide reforms will be introduced to protect severely depleted fish stocks from extinctionWest Coast Region to become an exclusive ...

Tourism Council WA has welcomed the State Government's decision to protect the at-risk demersal scale fish, with marine tourism operators allowed to ...

It's estimated that one in five adults participate in recreational fishing every year. Source: Moment RF / Belinda Howell/Getty Images States and territories have different laws around recreational ...

The Premier has unveiled sweeping fishing restrictions across a swath of SA waters, restrictions that have angered members of the recreational fishing industry. See the map. The new restrictions have ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The sustained decline in marine fisheries worldwide underscores the need to understand and monitor fisheries and fisher behavior. Recreational ...

Shark depredation, where a shark consumes a hooked fish before it can be retrieved to the fishing vessel, can occur in recreational fisheries. This may cause higher mortality rates in target fish ...