FISHING World UK correspondent Martin Salter provides an update on lockdown fishing and the presence of bluefin in British waters, after an absence of nearly 70 years.

BERKLEY has launched its Berkley Boat Bounty competition with over $29,000 in prizes up for grabs.

THE exotic white spot virus that devastated South-East Queensland prawn farms is now killing wild prawns and small crabs in the Logan River and has become widespread in Moreton Bay.

A HILLSIDE man who took 23 calamari off Queenscliff and broke water safety regulations has been convicted, prohibited from fishing for six months, fined $1,200 and had his boat and fishing equipment forfeited.

AN illegally-modified fishing boat has been crushed and the owner fined $6,000 in the Brisbane Magistrates Court.

RECFISHWEST is delighted to announce the Snapper Guardians event will go ahead again this year.

THE Boating Industry Association has today released an optimistic outlook for boating events in 2021.

A CROC-SIZE dusky flathead tagged in the St Georges Basin has recorded an impressive 10 centimetre growth rate after being recaptured just over three years after it was originally released.

SOFALA CAS Fishing members released approximately 9,090 Murray cod and 6,060 golden perch into the Turon River last Saturday.

FISHING conservation charity OzFish Unlimited has received Great Barrier Reef Foundation funding to improve fish habitat in the lower Herbert region of North Queensland.

A CHRISTMAS card from relatives in the Netherlands raised some remarkably interesting questions about the range and distribution of the fish we here in Australia most often call “blackfish”...

THE Hay Fishing Classic is on again and will be held on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st, January 2021 at Sandy Point Reserve, Hay NSW.

HARVEST strategies are a key component of modern fisheries management across Australia and in other parts of the world.

NAVICO has announced a partnership with Ozfish Unlimited, a not-for-profit charity helping Aussie recreational fishers get active to improve the health of their local waterways.

VICTORIA is taking the first steps toward reciprocal licences along the border with New South Wales, with a 12-month trial at Lake Hume.

FISHING World’s 2020 “Summer-Long” edition is on news stands now. It’s a massive read, too, with heaps of different feature stories – plus Boat Fishing mag on the reverse side!