South Coast towns are calling for more funding to cope with a surge of recreational fishers as the region prepares to shut ...
THE Western Australian Government has announced major reforms across WA's coastline, which it said will further protect ...
Strict bans limiting commercial and recreational fishing in Perth and WA are announced in an effort to save some under-threat fish species from the brink of collapse.
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Fisheries shut for good to save snapper from oblivion

Pink snapper and dhufish are among severely threatened species prompting one state to permanently close commercial fishing ...
The state’s commercial fishing lobby says affordable fish and chips could be a thing of the past due to reductions to demersal catches along most of Western Australia’s coast.
New fishing rules come into effect in Western Australia next month, significantly reducing the amount of local fish available ...
A 21-month ban will commence on January 1 and will apply to commercial fishing for demersal species in the West Coast Zone ...
The West Australian government has announced demersal fishing bans to help save popular fish species from extinction. Police are searching western Adelaide for a man who escaped custody from hospital ...
Tourism Council WA has welcomed the State Government's decision to protect the at-risk demersal scale fish, with marine tourism operators allowed to ...
Authorities say the "short term pain, for long term gain" is needed to bring species back from the brink of extinction.