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.
New South Wales takes a hard line on illegal fishing, and arrests were made and a vehicle seized in an operation designed to target illegal lobster fishing and sales of poached lobster. The vehicle used to transport the lobsters could be forfeited. This follows operations last year that resulted in jail terms and fines running into millions.
Having recently secured 60% EMFF funding via the MMO, the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB), it has appointed freelance food writer, fisheries journalist and seafood sustainability consultant Mike Warner to oversee a two year project.
From Sunday 1st October fishermen will no longer be able to land egg-bearing 'berried' lobsters and crawfish in English waters, a move designed to protect these animals and the sustainability of the fishery.
The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) has proposed new rules aimed at strengthening the lobster population in Swedish waters. The new rules are expected to enter into force this autumn.