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Public assist Fisheries Officers through Fishers Watch report
On Wednesday September 22, Fisheries Officers received a report of a spearfisher who had allegedly taken a Wobbegong Shark from the waters off Kianinny Bay, near Tathra. The bag limit for recreational fishers, including spearfishers, [...]
Perrottet insists he will raise Warragamba Dam wall
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he is fast tracking raising Sydney's Warragamba Dam wall, announcing on 17 October that he will give the $1.6 billion project “state significant” status and will go ahead, even if [...]
Bureau of Meteorology asks to stop being called ‘BOM’
The Bureau of Meteorology has asked the media to stop calling them the "BOM" and to use its full name in the first instance and "the Bureau" in subsequent references. It isn't clear whether the [...]
NSW DPI Fisheries want your fish frames
Do you catch pearl perch and bluespotted sand flathead? Donate your frames to the Research Angler Program (RAP) (along with your mulloway, snapper, kingfish, dusky flathead, Spanish and spotted mackerel frames). As with all of [...]
Heavy fines and costs for uncooperative spearfishermen
Two men were recently convicted and fined $4000 each for being in possession of spearguns and attempting to take fish while in the Brunswick River Habitat Protection Zone of Cape Byron Marine Park. In addition [...]
Batemans Marine Park Grey Nurse Shark Rules
The annual rules regarding Grey Nurse Sharks around Montague Island within the Batemans Marine Park will come into effect from Tuesday 1 November 2022. Fishing is restricted to protect Grey Nurse Sharks during the period [...]