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Fishing along the Clarence Coast of northern NSW during September was fair to middling, with good numbers of jewfish being taken from inside the Clarence River along the breakwalls and around the headlands. Whiting started to show up inside the river and increase in both size and numbers, and this trend should only continue to improve as we head into …

We want your fish frames ! We need fish frames from recreational fishers to help with the monitoring of Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, Snapper, Dusky Flathead, Blue Spotted Flathead, Pearl Perch Spanish or Spotted Mackerel.We don’t just want huge trophy fish, the little ones are just as important as the big ones. All legal length frames are wanted and will help …

For the second year running, the dedicated team at Department of Primary Industries’ Port Stephens Fisheries Institute marine hatchery have successfully reared tens of thousands of healthy mulloway fingerlings as part of the DPI Marine Stocking Program!  🐟🐟🐟 We have now completed the stocking of 30,000 juvenile mulloway into the Georges River in Sydney’s south, 10,200 fingerlings into the Hastings …

A 48-year-old Redcliffs man and a 45-year-old Merbein man were sentenced in the Wentworth Local Court after pleading guilty to a number of offences associated with the unlawful use of fish traps in the Murray River near Dareton. The two men were approached by Fisheries Officers following a period of surveillance on a number of unlawful traps. The officers were …

Artefacts found at Rooneys Bridge were uncovered recently while TMR were upgrading the bridge in Railway Estate, Townsville! Rooneys Bridge is a crucial link between Townsville’s central business district and southern suburbs. It was built back to 1953—but we weren’t expecting to uncover a historic find like this one! Artefacts found were steam engines that used to power the cranes …

Fisheries Officers in the state’s west have been busy protecting Murray Cod as their annual breeding season approaches. Four men and one woman have been apprehended at Euston on the Murray River for offences relating to being in possession of Murray Cod greater than the 75cm upper limit. One of the fish was found to be hidden under the flooring …

The Habitat Action Grants are now open! This is your opportunity to get involved in on-ground actions that will protect and improve fish habitat. The Habitat Action Grants are funded from the Recreational Fishing Trusts which direct revenue generated by the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee towards on-ground actions to improve fish habitat and recreational fishing in NSW. When fishing in …

Black jewfish are vulnerable to overfishing and the Queensland Government has special rules in place to protect stock levels, including closing the fishery once the annual catch limit has been reached. The east coast black jewfish fishery is now closed to commercial and recreational fishing for the remainder of 2022. The fishery will reopen in early 2023. Strong penalties will …

FISHING along the Clarence Coast of northern NSW has improved markedly over the past month, due mainly to the absence of any substantial rain – something I was wondering if I was ever going to be able to say, given the previous six months. From the mighty Clarence River excellent catches of bream are being taken far and wide throughout …

Planning on fishing and collecting within Sydney Harbour? – make sure you know the rules first! NSW Fisheries Officers recently apprehended a man collecting and line fishing from a rock platform within Sydney Harbour. Upon inspection the man was found to be in possession of 17 molluscs and 1 Cunjevoi collected within Sydney Harbour. He was also line fishing using …