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W.A.
Fisheries Roundup Jan 04.
16/1/04: W.A. courts are busy this month with a number of
people facing charges: a 34-year-old man allegedly drove through
a Fisheries roadside checkpoint on December 22 and an Albany man
was charged with illegally operating in the South Coast Estuarine
Interim Managed Fishery and using an unlicenced Fishing Boat.....click
here
W.A.
Dec Fisheries News.
7/12/03: The Department of Fisheries has commended recreational
abalone fishers for abiding by fishing rules but reminds them to take
only legal sized abalone from reefs on the last day of the 2003 West Coast
abalone season this Sunday, December 7............ click here
W.A.
July Fishing News
28/7/03: For the second year running the Department of Fisheries
has scooped the major prize pool at the annual Lonnie Awards; A
Perth fisher has been convicted of assault and fined more than $4,000......
click here
W.
A. Fisheries June News.
20/06/03: The Department of Fisheries has today announced
a change to the implementation date for Western Australia's new
recreational fishing rules. ...... click here
W.A.
Fisheries April News.
08/04/03: Fisheries' joint operation nabs Rock Lobster fishermen,
The Department has completed a major refit of one of its largest patrol
vessels... click here
W.A.
New Rules for Pink Snapper.
Recreational fishers in Western Australia are reminded that new
management arrangements will be introduced for pink snapper fishing
in the inner gulfs of Shark Bay on 1 March... click here
W.A.
New Rec. Fishing Rules.
The W.A. Government has approved new recreational fishing rules."Our
major inshore finfish fisheries are reaching a critical stage in their
exploitation status and further unconstrained growth in either the commercial
or recreational sectors is not sustainable," Mr Chance said.... click
here
Illegal
Rock Lobster and Abalone Seizures
Compliance patrols by the Department of Fisheries have led to the seizure
of boats and equipment after separate hauls involving illegally taken
rock lobster and abalone were discovered by Fisheries Offices.. ... click
here
Abalone
2002 Season Opens Nov 3
West Australia's Roe's abalone season will be literally
over in hours and this year about 7,000 eager fishers are expected
to join in the hunt for this marine delicacy. ... click here
Fisheries
launch new Domain
The Department of Fisheries has relaunched its highly popular and multi-award
winning website at the new address www.fish.wa.gov.au..... click here
W.A.
Concern!
West Australian fishermen are looking down the barrel of a proposed fishing
closure of the West’s most popular family/fishing playground..
Aquaculture
Audit gives Tick of Approval
Aquaculture ventures in Shark Bay and Exmouth Gulf have been given the
stamp of approval in the State's first full regional audit of marine based
aquaculture compliance.
W.A.:
Marron Fishing Review
Fisheries Minister Kim Chance has announced a review of management arrangements
for the recreational marron fishing season in 2003.... click here
W.A.:
Mubcrabs Hitch a Ride!
Mudcrabs recently found in the estuaries and rivers of Western Australia's
south-west are natives of the Shark Bay to Broome region that were
almost certainly swept down the west coast by the strongest Leeuwin
Current in more than 70 years... click here
W.A.
Eagles Star go's on Patrol!
Rec fishers have the chance to meet star West Coast Eagle Glen Jakovich
over the coming weeks as he goes on mobile patrol around some of Perth’s
most popular fishing spots with Volunteer Fisheries Liaison Officers (VFLO’s).
. ... click here
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