NSW DPI Fisheries wants to remind everyone to only make online payments for recreational fishing licences to the NSW Government through official websites with domain name ending nsw.gov.au. The fees for a recreational fishing licence are: • $7 for three days • $14 for one month • $35 for one year • $85 for three years [...]
Start preparing those rigs, it’s time to celebrate our great love of fishing - Gone Fishing Day! Come along to one of NSW DPI’s free events this Sunday (8th October) at the below locations. Each event will have free fishing sessions, experts to provide fishing advice, casting competitions, as well some free fishing giveaways. You can [...]
Who wants to be a millionaire? MDF Season 9 runs 1 October 2023 to 31 March 2024 Season 9 of Million Dollar Fish opens on Sunday, 1 October 2023, and not one but two barramundi worth a million dollars have been released this season. This means there are now 11 million-dollar barra swimming in the [...]
Only in Florida: An eastern diamondback rattlesnake appears in the middle of a crowded downtown nightclub, sending one victim to the emergency room. Maddy Finnegan, single mother and Orlando Police detective, is tasked with solving the crime. Days later, the stakes escalate to murder after several western diamondbacks show up in a local synagogue, one [...]
In a world premiere, Honda Marine has unveiled its first V8 outboard engine, the BF350, at the Genoa International Boat Show. Through a range of outstanding technological features, the BF350 will redefine high-performance premium outboard marine engines, offering the most formidable power yet from a Honda outboard engine. Honda’s renowned engineering excellence will ensure a [...]
Mercury Marine first-year apprentice Joachim Lopez-Valoa has won the School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year award at the 69th Victorian Training Awards, earning the distinction of Victoria’s top school-based apprentice for 2023. The 18-year-old is currently pursuing a Certificate III in Marine Mechanical Technologies and becomes the first Mercury school-based apprentice to win this [...]
The future of black bream fishing in the iconic Gippsland Lakes is being bolstered for future generations with a bag limit change for the popular recreational species. As part of ongoing work to return the lakes to a recreational fishing mecca through the Gippsland Lakes Recreational Fishery Plan, a 2023 survey of fishers showed clear [...]
It’s official! One lucky angler will walk away with $1 million in Season 9 of NT’s Million Dollar Fish competition. Fishing in the Northern Territory’s pristine waters is about to get more exciting than ever, with a lucky angler guaranteed to win a whopping one million dollars in the upcoming Season 9 of Million Dollar [...]
MERCURY MARINE LAUNCHES AVATOR™ 20E AND 35E ELECTRIC OUTBOARDS Mercury Marine today introduced the Avator™ 20e and 35e electric propulsion systems. The new models join Mercury’s electric propulsion lineup alongside the award-winning Avator 7.5e outboard, which launched in January at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – one of the largest tech events in the [...]
Mulloway are an important and iconic species for NSW commercial, recreational and Aboriginal cultural fishers, however stocks in NSW are currently classified as ‘depleted’. Recovering Mulloway stocks in NSW is a key priority for NSW DPI Fisheries. Despite a range of fishing arrangements being implemented in the past, given the reported data, DPI Fisheries managers [...]
