DPI PRESS RELEASES:

QLD: New Fishing Regulations From Dec 13.
7/12/03: New recreational and commercial fishing rules will come into force in Queensland from December 13 for coral reef fish as well as a range of other fish species............ click here

QUEENSLAND: May Update.
25/05/03: The D.P.I. is proposing to stop redclaw crayfish from being used as live bait at Lake Tinaroo near Cairns; Fisheries forum highlights Condamine and Warrego monitoring; Major changes proposed for Queensland’s east coast Spanish mackerel fishery.... click here

QUEENSLAND: April Update.
08/04/03: Australian fishers say they get more satisfaction releasing their catch than taking it home, a new survey has found,The cause of two recent fish kills at Fraser Island is still not identified despite extensive scientific tests....

QLD: August Round-up
The Queensland Government plans to increase the marine and freshwater fish habitats protected under Fish Habitat Area (FHA) declarations to one million hectares over the next two years. click here

QLD: 1million Hectares of fish Habitat
The Queensland Government plans to increase the marine and freshwater fish habitats protected under Fish Habitat Area (FHA) declarations to one million hectares over the next two years, State Primary Industries Minister Henry Palaszczuk said today..click here.

QLD: Aquaculture Industry Growth
Queensland's aquaculture industry is a growing and vital component of the State's primary industry sector, now worth more than $9 billion to the state's economy, the Minister for Primary Industries and Rural Communities Mr Palaszczuk said today..click here.

QLD: New Tailor Bag Limits
Due to concerns regarding the sustainability of Queenland tailor stocks,new legislative measures have been introduced for both commercial and recreational fishers. click here.

QLD: Gulf Fishing Licence Buy-back
The Department of Primary Industries is reminding Gulf of Carpentaria inshore commercial net fishers to submit their applications by December 6, if they wish to sell their fishing licences back to the Government.click here.

Client Service Award:
The Department of Primary Industries' Northern Fisheries Centre in Cairns today received a DPI Client Service Award in recognition of its outstanding 20-year relationship with the Gulf of Carpentaria fishing community.

CHRIS:
If you want to know more about Queensland's coastal habitat and fisheries, contact CHRIS, a Department of Primary Industries' interactive web site that is swimming with information.

New Export Guides:
Navigate Asian seafood markets. The Department of Primary Industries will launch two publications at Seafood Directions 2001, the Australian seafood industry national conference, which will be held in Brisbane tomorrow.

SUNFISH PRESS RELEASES:

THOUSAND'S OF TAILOR ANGLERS HAVE THEIR SAY: Thousands upon thousands of public responses to the Regulatory Impact Statement on proposed changes to the management of the Queensland Tailor Fishery has shown that the Department of Primary Industries Minister, Henry Palaszczuk certainly has his fingers on the pulse of what Queenslander Anglers are interested in...

TAILOR DECISION DEFIES LOGIC:"QLD" The announcement today by the Minister to continue to allow the current catch of tailor by commercial fishers is extremely disappointing in view of the amount of information available on the importance of the tailor fishery to the average Queensland family angler said Mr Doohan, Chairman of SUNFISH QLD...

SUNFISH CLEAR ON TAILOR FUTURE: Mr John Doohan, Chairman of SUNFISH QLD representing the 880,000 recreational fishers in Queensland today clearly stated that his organisation was not against the proposed tailor bag limits. Since 1994 our members have supported the principle of recreational catch limitations where the fish stocks are in trouble provided there is a commensurate realistic reduction in commercial catches.

MINISTER NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR FUTURE TRAWL KILLS: "The Commonwealth Minister for Environment and Heritage, Dr. Kemp must now accept responsibility for all future trawl by-catch incidents within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park." That was the message to Dr. Kemp from Sunfish Deputy Chair and environmental coordinator, Vern Veitch.

STATE FISHING CLUBS LEAD BY EXAMPLE: Mr John Doohan, Chairman of SUNFISH QLD today applauded the initiative of the Queensland Amateur Fishing Clubs (QAFCA) in introducing catch limits into their State Competitions. The program of events to be fished at Stradbroke Island in July this year will be fished under bag limits for all species as well as some weigh in sizes well above the State legal lengths.