Recreational Fishing

Commercial gillnet fishing for barramundi will be phased out across the Northern Territory from August after both of the territory's major parties announced their support for an end to the practice.

A professional fisherman says he is "racing" sharks almost every time he brings in his catch, and that shark numbers are making it almost impossible to fish in certain areas.

The West Australian government says its planned new marine park will be world-class. But among locals, opinion is split on whether it will deliver a promised tourism windfall.  

An engineers' report obtained under Freedom of Information shows the jetty chosen to host Bunbury's long-awaited public fishing platform had been recommended for decommissioning just months prior.

A plan by oil and gas giant Chevron to leave five decommissioned oil platforms off Western Australia's Pilbara coast draws the ire of unions and green groups.

Commercial barramundi fishing vessels are being accused of killing sea life in huge nets off Arnhem Land, in the remote Northern Territory, in waters where commercial fishing is banned.

The scientific name of this octopus species is O.djinda, which means star in the language of the Noongar people of Western Australia's south-west.

Monster barramundi caught in the CBD of one of Australia's mining and agricultural hubs are luring the world's best anglers to reel in a "once-in-a-lifetime" fish.

Caleb Murray was exhilarated catching a giant southern bluefin tuna in rough seas off South Australia's south-east. 

Recreational fishers are alarmed about reeling in fish with red raw ulcers on their sides in the Noosa and Maroochy rivers.

Million Dollar Fish is an annual NT fishing competition where locals and tourists vie for barramundi tagged for big prize money.

Debate around the proposed South Coast Marine Park has sparked a swell of negative attitudes towards Indigenous people, with local leaders urged to do more to call it out. 

Authorities say a man spotted fishing while standing barefoot on a baited crocodile trap in North Queensland was risking his life — and he faces fines of up to $18,000.

Global concern about shark sustainability is at odds with the experience of some WA anglers who are reporting more encounters with the animals. So for the first time data collected off the state's coast will confirm the numbers.

The men were on their way to a camping trip when a "rogue wave" upturned their tinny and swept away their phones, food, water and life jackets, sparking a major search and rescue operation off north Queensland.

A drone with beefed up surveillance that can fly higher, further and faster than previous models is deployed to help protect the reef from outlaw anglers.

When you live hundreds or even thousands of kilometres from the nearest coastline, fresh seafood can be hard to come by. Fortunately, rural Australia has an "inland lobster" with a flavour described as "just like eating prawns and crayfish".

About 10 per cent of Australia's rock fishing deaths in the past 20 years have occurred in the Randwick City Council area. Data shows many of the fatalities are men born in Asia, but it's hoped a new ad campaign can help keep fishers safe.

Bunbury locals say they still feel betrayed by the closure of an accessible public jetty, an election commitment by the WA Labor Party.

When Michael Knightley realised no one was helping a woman who had been washed into the sea, he dived in to save her life.

West Australian Fisheries Minister Don Punch acknowledges the South Coast Marine Park "does bring out some pretty passionate views", after climbing onto a brick wall to address hundreds of Esperance locals demanding answers.

It turns fish flesh into mush, is difficult to detect, and there are fears the parasite is moving further south in New South Wales waters.

The wife and children of Alan Bottrill, who was one of three men who died in a boat tragedy near Port Lincoln, has remembered the 71-year-old father and grandfather as an "adventurer" who loved fishing and travelling with his family.

The death toll from a fishing boat that capsized in waters off South Australia's Eyre Peninsula has risen to three, after searchers discovered the bodies of the two remaining crew.

Police say one person has died and two people are still missing after a fishing boat with five people onboard capsized near Port Lincoln yesterday. A man and a youth were found on a reef nearby and are being treated in hospital.