Permanent commercial demersal fishing ban begins for large part of WA

From today, commercial demersal fishing is banned along hundreds of kilometres of the WA coastline in an effort to recover ...

Neil Perry challenges WA fishing ban hurting ‘champion’ small businesses

Chef and restaurateur Neil Perry is urging the West Australian government to refine its blanket fishing ban, saying small ...

WA fishing ban challenge lands in court as industry mounts fightback

Western Australia’s commercial fishing industry has questioned the claim some demersal fish stocks are in dire straits and ...

Hundreds of kilos of shark heads dumped outside minister’s office over fishing ban

Three men have been charged for allegedly dumping 200kg of shark heads outside a minister’s office to protest against a ...
Mongabay

South Australia bans fishing of many sharks and rays in its waters

The state of South Australia has banned fishing of several endangered or critically endangered sharks and rays in its waters. “These endemic species … are as unique as a koala and in just as much ...
The Conversation

Australian commercial fish populations drop by a third over ten years

Graham Edgar received funding from the ARC for this research. He is also the president of the Reef Life Survey Foundation. Trevor J Ward does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...