In response to growing concerns about public safety following two fatal shark attacks in the past three years, the Western Australian government is set to enforce a comprehensive ban on the use of ...

Fishing stocks have rebounded in WA's Gascoyne with authorities hoping it will model recovery efforts statewide. But that success could be undone by fishers fleeing restrictions.

"This is short-term pain for long-term gain." Officials impose sweeping ban that will have major impact on fishermen: 'It's going to come as a shock to a lot of people' first appeared on The Cool Down ...

A security camera has captured what appears to be a rather ordinary scene — an Australia Post delivery man knocking on a front door with a letter in hand. But, inside the envelope is a document ...

Two men have been fined for dumping shark heads and fish guts outside the WA Fisheries Minister’s electoral office last month in what was a stinky protest against the state’s new fishing ban.

Six Indonesian nationals pleaded guilty to illegally fishing in Australian waters in three separate cases at Darwin Local Court on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. The first matter arose from an incident on ...

Police allege the men from Bunbury in West Australia’s southwest travelled about 100km to Fisheries Minister Jackie Jarvis’ electoral office in Margaret River and dumped shark heads and fish remains ...

But the state's fishing and mining industries have questioned the effectiveness of "no-take zones" in ensuring sustainability, saying the jury is still out on the science. The Australian Conservation ...

Inshore reef fishing in Western Australia leads to an epic shallow water battle with a monster kingfish.

Editor’s note: The following information provided below was relevant at time of publication on April 3, 2020, and may now be outdated as regulations change. As things are changing quickly it’s best to ...