Land: Australia

Good amount of seafood are available in Queensland for the Christmas season to cherish the festival as well as to welcome New Year.

Fisheries Minister Norman Moore has suspended commercial rock lobster fishing over Christmas.

Two day compliance operation by NSW fishery officers caught many illegal fishermen in the trap.

A mussel farm manager has been fined for violating aquaculture licence rules, confirms a report.

The Australian government has extended the interim licensing system for recreational and commercial fishing over 5500 kilometres of Northern Territory coastline for a year.

It is informed that $370,000 in funding, through the WA Government’s Natural Resource Management (NRM) strategy, will boost the State’s marine biosecurity defences.

DPIPWE has undertaken an 18-month trial to assess a new fish farming site in the Tamar River.

Water and Marine Resources has taken 18-month trial will be undertaken to assess a new fish farming site in the Tamar River.

It is good to know that Australian Senate has extended its support to Coral Sea Conservation Zone, says conservation groups.

Big fines bowed down the illegal lobster sellers as they fail to pay the fines even after that.