Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered a new Cleopatra 50 to Bridlington fisherman Ben Woolford. Built to fish for crab and lobster, the new Dylhàris has already started fishing and is…
The US National Fisheries Institute has welcomed the announcement by the Trump administration of tariffs being eliminated on live and frozen lobster exported to the EU. NFI President John Connelly…
Dave Perham has plenty of experience in Australia’s Western Rock Lobster fishery, and has taken delivery of a new lobster boat from Dongara Marine that’s proven to have much lower…
Cefas has launched a campaign to raise awareness within the UK fishing community of the threat to native species from the non-native species of lobster, the American lobster. This Defra-funded…
Geraldton-based David Perham is the latest operator from Australia’s Western Rock Lobster fishery to order a new lobster boat from Dongara Marine. The 22.40 metre Southerly Designs monohull will, like…
Favourable early weather conditions and strong catch rates have Australian Southern Rock Lobster fishermen optimistic about the season ahead. The first live shipments of the South Australian season were airfreighted…
Established in Norway in 2017, Resqunit has now set up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, with Deadliest Catch skipper Sig Hansen as the face of its innovative fishing gear retrieval devices.…
Proposals by the Western Australian Government (WAG) to own a substantial share of the western rock lobster fishery have been met with opposition from the industry, which sees wider implications for the state’s entire fishing sector.
Promising early catches, strong prices and the imminent Free Trade Agreement with China has the Australian Southern Rock Lobster Industry well placed for significant export growth into Asia.
Western Rock Lobster is supporting new technology designed to reduce whale entanglements for commercial and recreational fishers along the Western Australian coast. The introduction of whale tracking buoys is a joint initiative by the Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development, the Department of Biodiversity; Conservation and Attractions and Western Rock Lobster.