Fishers furious as 1.6km nets trialled near Great Barrier Reef
By Bryn Wakefield
The nets are being floated as a replacement for the controversial gillnets, which will be banned from June next year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/tunnel-nets-trialled-near-great-barrier-reef/106789716
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'Lives in danger' as SA Bureau of Meteorology wave buoy fails yet again
By Malcolm Sutton
The wave buoy off Kangaroo Island is the only such device operated by the Bureau of Meteorology in South Australia and is relied upon by professional divers and fishers.
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #RecreationalFishing #WeatherStatistics #MalcolmSutton
Anglers petition Qld government to relax bull shark fishing rules as numbers rise
By Lottie Twyford
The Queensland government is being petitioned to relax fishing limits for bull sharks and consider culls as anglers and waterway users fear numbers are growing.
Fisherman attacked after treading on crocodile in northern WA
By Rachel Jackson
Authorities have confirmed the 35-year-old man was fishing in waist deep water at Barred Creek, north of Broome, when he was bitten.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-10/barred-creek-crocodile-attack-kimberley/106781528
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Fly Fisherman, Poudre River: Solitude and Seasonal Transition
(This post is being modified)https://gregurbano.com/2026/01/03/fly-fisherman-poudre-river-solitude-and-seasonal-transition/
Casting Lines in Cobh
On a warm August day in 2005, you’d find plenty of lads fishing in Cobh, including this bunch who were brave enough to fish from a crumbling pier.
Another photo from that evening shows a disturbance in the water at the mouth of Cobh harbour, where I presume sprat are desperately trying to get away from mackerel and other fish. I wonder if that still happens?
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Linking Fisheries Policy to Sustainable Diets: The Case of Lake Superior
Kristen Lowitt
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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/449
"Alafogiannis’s parents had once been in the worm business. 'And they couldn’t afford babysitters,' he tells me, 'so I was picking worms at 10 years old.'
—Inori Roy for The Local
https://thelocal.to/ontario-nightcrawler-worm-industry-immigration-labour-climate-change/
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Nearly all bait worms sold in North America are hand-plucked from farmland in this part of Canada. But with labour shortages and climate change, some worry we’re witnessing the final wiggles of a once thriving business.
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